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Mixed reactions as fuel prices ease slightly in November
Cape Times
|November 07, 2025
SOUTH Africans are seeing slight relief at the pumps this month after the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources announced decreases in petrol and diesel prices, though experts say the cuts remain modest amid broader cost pressures in the economy.
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe confirmed that both grades of petrol dropped by 51 cents per litre, while both grades of diesel declined by 21 cents per litre at the start of November.
According to the Road Freight Association (RFA), the lower diesel prices will offer some financial reprieve to transporters.
RFA CEO Gavin Kelly said that as of 5 November, the cost of 500ppm diesel fell by 21 cents per litre and 50ppm diesel by 19 cents, while 93 and 95 octane petrol fell by 39 cents per litre.
He noted that the Central Energy Fund (CEF) attributed the adjustment to an appreciating rand — averaging R17.29 to the US dollar compared with R17.49 previously — and a reduction in global oil prices.
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