Decrease in the petrol price will this make a difference? 

Petrol Price

Filling up your vehicle with 95 Unleaded petrol will be 99 cents cheaper per litre and R1 cheaper if you fill up with 93 Unleaded petrol. Unfortunately, Neil Roets, CEO of Debt Rescue believes that this decrease will have no significant impact on South Africans pockets.

Pressure on Household Finances

Roets said.”Citizens can barely afford to put three square meals on the table everyday. South Africans are buying less food because of pressure on household finances, and the first items to go are nutritional food sources.” 

Saving on Petrol vs Electricity Increase

Roets pointed out that the money saved from this petrol price drop is hardly significant as it coincides with a municipal tariff increase for electricity. 

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