Here’s how bad the expected petrol price news is for July 2025

The latest official data now suggests that bad news lies ahead for South Africa’s motorists in July 2025.

Vehicle owners in South Africa saw a sizeable decrease in the cost of both petrol and diesel earlier this month and early signs were that there was even more good news ahead next month.

However, that picture radically changed after Israel attacked Iran late last week, which resulted in the brent crude oil price rising and the rand weakening.

Below, the latest projections as received by The South African website from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), effective Tuesday, 17 June.

If the market conditions were to remain consistent for the remainder of the month – an unlikely scenario with the rand/dollar exchange rate fluctuating and the oil price ever changing – an increase of 15 cents is expected for petrol 93 octane motorists and an increase of 18 cents for 95 users.

Meanwhile, diesel motorists would see something between a 24 and 25 cents per litre increase.

Finally, illuminating paraffin is expected to rise by 15 cents in price.

FUEL PRICE IN SOUTH AFRICA IMPACTED BY TWO MAIN FACTORS:

1. The international price of petroleum products, driven mainly by oil prices

2. The rand/dollar exchange rate used in the purchase of these products

Oil price

At the time of publishing the brent crude oil price is $76.16 a barrel.

Exchange rate

At the time of publishing the rand/dollar exchange rate is R18.10/$.

The final overall price changes for both petrol and diesel will be confirmed early next month with the new prices taking effect at midnight on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.

Go easy on the accelerator until then, Mzansi.

The current June 2025 petrol and diesel prices (Inland and Coastal):

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