South African motorists will have to dig even deeper into their pockets as massive fuel prices hikes loom this week.
The Department of Energy has announced that 95 unleaded petrol is going up 88 cents a litre and 93 unleaded is increasing by 86 cents a litre.
At the coast, 95 octane petrol will cost R12.39 cents a litre and 93 octane 12.06.
Diesel (0.05% sulphur) will increase by 96c/litre and diesel (0.005% sulphur) will increase by 98c/litre.
Illuminating paraffin goes up 76c/litre and LPG gas will increase by 110c per kilogram.
The price increase take effect at midnight on Tuesday.
The department said the reason for the hike includes the 30 cents a litre increase in fuel levies announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his recent budget speech.
According to the department it could have been worse had the Rand not strengthened against the US Dollar during the period under review.
