{"id":95,"date":"2018-07-03T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2018-07-03T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:11:30","slug":"another-petrol-hike-hits-the-r16-mark-wednesday-03-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/another-petrol-hike-hits-the-r16-mark-wednesday-03-july-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Petrol Hike Hits the R16 Mark Wednesday 04 July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Another Petrol Hike Hits the R16 Mark Wednesday 04 July 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Besides falling global oil costs, petrol prices in South Africa will increase again in July \u2013 as confirmed by the Department of Energy on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>With the petrol price hitting a record high at midnight on Tuesday, economist Dawie Roodt says things are not looking any better for August.<\/p>\n<p>It is said that Petrol will be increase by 24 cents (93) and 26 cents for (95) octane petrol at midnight. This will take the price over R16 per litre for the first time in South Africa\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the current trajectory of the rand and global oil prices, yet another 25 cents increase could be on the cards for August \u2013 or even higher, if it gets any worse \u201c, said Dawie Roodt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now paying more for fuel than ever before in the history of our country and this is going to have a significant impact on the growth of the economy,\u201d Roodt said.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the official petrol price for July 2018, which kicks in at midnight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is what\u2019s happening and what\u2019s expected<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fuel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July 2018<\/p>\n<p>95 Petrol\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R15.79\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R16.02<\/p>\n<p>93 Petrol\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R15.54\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R15.80<\/p>\n<p>0.05% Diesel \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R14.19\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R14.45<\/p>\n<p>With our economy already under pressure, it is more likely that petrol hikes will only add to the financial strain, with ordinary citizens carrying the burden.<\/p>\n<p>Related Articles:<a href=\"https:\/\/viral366.com\/walter-sisulu-university-student-who-blew-r800-000-still-funded-by-nsfas\/\">Walter Sisulu University Student who blew R800 000, still funded by NSFAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viral366.com\/gauteng-mecs-car-hijacked\/\">Gauteng MEC\u2019s Car Hijacked<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viral366.com\/father-faces-murder-charges-after-mistakenly-killing-his-son-outside-school\/\">Father Faces Murder Charges After Mistakenly Killing His Son Outside School<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Petrol Hike Hits the R16 Mark Wednesday 04 July 2018 Besides falling global oil costs, petrol prices in South Africa will increase again in July \u2013 as confirmed by the Department of Energy on Sunday. With the petrol price hitting a record high at midnight on Tuesday, economist Dawie Roodt says things are not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[70,71,72],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Another-Petrol-Hike-Hits-the-R16-Mark-Wednesday-03-July-2018.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa4qE6-1x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viral366.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}