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Don’t forget to fill up, petrol will be going up by 72c at midnight

Motorists will pay more for petrol due to the increase in VAT which took effect on 1 April.

POLOKWANE – The increase was largely influenced by the rise in the fuel levy and the road accident fund as announced in February by finance minister Malusi Gigaba.

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According to the Department of Energy, motorists will be expected to pay 72 cents more for 95 octane and 69 cents more for 93 octane.

Diesel will go up by 65 cents across all grades while paraffin will rise by 2 cents.

The department added that other factors which contributed to the increase included the rand depreciating slightly and the price of crude oil increased.

Fuel changes from March to April:

95 Petrol R13.76 R14.48
93 Petrol R13.54 R14.23
0.05% Diesel (wholesale) R12.10 R12.75

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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