The price of fuel fluctuated in South Africa throughout 2020. • Fuel prices were at their lowest in May 2020. • The average price of 95 Unleaded on the coast was R14.06 last year. • For more motoring stories, go to www.Wheels24.co.za Follow @Wheels24 One of the biggest highlights motorists 'enjoyed' in 2020, was the significant drop in fuel prices. When the government imposed hard lockdown (level 5) in late-March 2020, fuel prices saw…

Motorists will pay north of 40c/l more for petrol and diesel from Wednesday, the department of mineral resources and energy said. The department on Monday issued the fuel price adjustments for January. Steep hikes were previously predicted by the Automobile Association. The fuel adjustments are as follows:   Petrol (both 93 ULP and LRP): 43 c/l increase Petrol (both 95 ULP and LRP): 40 c/l increase; Diesel (0.05% sulphur): 55 c/l…

Fuel prices are expected to rise significantly in January, the Automobile Association (AA) warned on Wednesday. It expected steep increases across the board, with petrol likely to rise by up to 43 cents a litre, and diesel and illuminating paraffin by 55 cents. The AA made this prediction based on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund. "The rand has continued to advance against the US…

audi Aramco said Tuesday that a strike by Yemen's Huthi rebels on its plant in Jeddah tore a hole in an oil tank, triggering an explosion and fire that was quickly extinguished. The energy giant took reporters to the distribution facility where damage to the tank was visible the day after the attack, with the top rim left fire-blackened and the railings above buckled from the heat. "Unfortunately the facility…

The Western Cape High Court has made a ruling, reversing the sale of SA's strategic crude oil reserves which took place in 2015. In a joint statement, the Strategic Fuel Fund and the Central Energy Fund says there will be consequence management for implicated employees. The SFF will refund monies with interest accrued. The Western Cape High Court has made a ruling, reversing a 2015 sale of SA's strategic crude…

A man who stopped at a petrol station to buy fast food was shot dead, allegedly by a hitchhiker, in Mpumalanga on Sunday. According to police, the hitchhiker stole his firearm and shot him next to the petrol station in White River. READ | Man shot dead in Joburg CBD Andrew Thulare, 46, and his brother picked up the hitchhiker. "The driver is said to have hidden the firearm in…

Petrol and diesel prices expected to drop at the end of November 2020. • The price of petrol set to drop by 36c. • The price of diesel set to drop by 4c. • For more motoring stories, go to www.Wheels24.co.za Fuel price data shows a mixed fuel price outlook for the end of November, with Rand appreciation being countered by a sharp spike in international oil prices. This is according to the Automobile…

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A 39-year-old man is due to appear before the Estcourt Magistrates Court on Monday after being caught loading stolen diesel into a truck in Mimosadale, Estcourt. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said around midnight on Friday, police in Estcourt received about a group of people who were spotted stealing diesel and loading it into a truck while tempering with the fuel infrastructure at Mimosadale near Zampumpu Hostel. ALSO READ…

South Africa’s second-biggest producer of greenhouse gases has rejected a demand from shareholder activists that it table resolutions at its annual general meetings to align its climate-related goals with the Paris Agreement. The three resolutions from Just Share NPC and the Raith Foundation, which would also make elements of executive pay contingent on meeting the goals, won’t be considered by its shareholders at the November 20 meeting, the company said…