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By all accounts, 2019 was a tough year for the motorists of Mzansi. Nine separate petrol price increases hit road users in their pockets, as a 16% yearly rise in fuel costs was felt keenly. However, it seems that there will be a much brighter start to 2020 for us all, and South Africa is beginning the year in charitable spirit.<\/p>\n
Confirmed petrol price for January 2020<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a game of two halves for next month. Although there is obvious relief for petrol consumers, the large number of diesel users in South Africa face a slight increase. Elsewhere, the price for illuminating paraffin is also on the rise.<\/p>\n
Petrol<\/strong> (95 grade): Decrease of 14 cents per litre.Diesel<\/strong>: Increase of nine cents per litre.Paraffin<\/strong>: Increase of seven cents per litre.<\/p>\n Subtracting these totals from December\u2019s fuel price gives us the following average cost-per-litre for petrol and diesel. These prices will take effect in the first week of January:<\/p>\n Why is the petrol price forecast dropping in January?<\/p>\n Earlier in December, the AA explained why the forecast produced such a mixed bag. Petrol costs are falling due to two strong performances from the rand and the global oil markets respectively:<\/p>\n \u201cThe rand has held steady during December, even appreciating slightly against the US dollar. This has contributed to the petrol price relief. Meanwhile, the landed price of fuels has been mixed, with petrol down slightly, while diesel is up. Essentially, 2020 will kick off with only modest fuel price changes.\u201d<\/p>\n AA statement<\/cite>Diesel and petrol price for January \u2013 filling up in coastal<\/em><\/strong> regions:Motor Vehicles and Bakkies<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>45 litres Mini Buses \/ Taxis<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>75 litres Buses and Trucks<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>250 litres Motorcycles<\/p>\n Average capacity:<\/strong> 20 litres Diesel and petrol price for January \u2013 Filling up inland<\/em><\/strong>Motor Vehicles and Bakkies<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>45 litres Mini Buses \/ Taxis<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>75 litres Buses and Trucks<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>250 litres Motorcycles<\/p>\n Average capacity: <\/strong>20 litres Help support journalists, the guardians of independent journalism, through our student media initiative that gives a voice to students and their generation! Find out more…Tags: Fuelpetrol pricesSouth Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Photo: Flickr \/ Helgoland01 By all accounts, 2019 was a tough year for the motorists of Mzansi. Nine separate petrol price increases hit road users in their pockets, as a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[804,836,551,695,803],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n\n
\n Fuel<\/strong><\/td>\n Inland price<\/strong><\/td>\n Coastal price<\/strong><\/td>\n Difference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Petrol<\/td>\n R16.16<\/td>\n R15.52<\/td>\n Down 14 cents per litre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Diesel<\/td>\n R14.62<\/td>\n R14.08<\/td>\n Up nine cents per litre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol: <\/strong>R698.40
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong>R633.60<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol:<\/strong> R1 164
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong>R1 056<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong>R 3 520<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol: <\/strong>R310.40
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong>R282.60<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol:<\/strong> R727.20
\nCost for a full tank of diesel:<\/strong> R657.80<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol: <\/strong>R1 212
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong>R1 096.50<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of diesel: <\/strong> R3 655<\/p>\n
\nCost for a full tank of petrol: <\/strong>R323.20
\nCost for a full tank of diesel:<\/strong> R292.40<\/p>\n