{"id":47270,"date":"2026-10-05T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47270"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:59:53","slug":"sa-motorists-face-record-fuel-prices","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-motorists-face-record-fuel-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"SA motorists face record fuel prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_panel-StoryContent\">\n<div id=\"x_StoryContent\">\n<div id=\"x_EditorViewObject\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) motorists will face record-high petrol and diesel prices in October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Data from the Central Energy Fund predicts an increase of around 0.18 a litre for both grades of petrol and between 0.17 and $0.19 diesel which lead to over $1.79\u00a0a litre at the pumps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources is due will announce the official fuel price adjustments ahead of the changes taking effect on Wednesday, October 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The latest surge has largely been driven by elevated international oil prices, with Middle East tensions and fears of disruption to crude supplies and shipping adding pressure during September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">October fuel prices are expected to put further pressure on household budgets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VA326LqTJXU?si=Kr4tMfTX5NDMZKED\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44423,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-47270","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA motorists will face record-high petrol and diesel prices","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47272,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47270\/revisions\/47272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}