Here is the official petrol price for September

The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 3 September 2025.

August saw oil prices come under pressure due to the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff and trade war, while OPEC+ increased output, bolstering supplies.

The global diesel shortage, while still present, has normalised in international pricing, brining petrol and diesel recoveries closer together and swinging back from the wide loss in July.

The rand, meanwhile, continued to show resilience, surprising markets and economists, who expected a much bigger response to the 30% tariff on South Africa that came into effect earlier in the month.

Despite the added pressure from the tariffs, the rand remained in a relatively tight range between R17.50 and R17.80/$, benefitting from a weaker greenback.

As a result, both petrol and diesel prices secured an over-recovery in prices in August, leading to a 4 cents per litre cut for petrol, and a bigger 56-57 cents per litre cut for diesel.

The table below outlines the changes:

The average Brent Crude oil price decreased from $69.06 US Dollars to $67.01 USD during the period under review.

The main contributing factors are increasing production by OPEC+ and non-OPEC producers, slower global economic growth outlook as well as uncertain trade tariffs.

The average international prices of all petroleum products decreased in line with the decrease in crude oil prices.

This led to lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices (BFP) of petrol by 1.88 cents per litre (c/l), diesel by 54.35 c/l and illuminating paraffin by 35.54 c/l, respectively.

The prices of Propane and Butane also decreased during the period under review.

The Rand appreciated slightly on average, against the US Dollar (USD), from 17.76 to 17.73 Rand per USD during the period under review when compared to the previous one.

This cushioned the prices by close to 2.00 cents per litre on all products.

The cumulative slate amounted to a positive balance of R3.26 billion for petrol and diesel of at the end of July 2025.

In line with the provisions of the Self-Adjusting Slate Levy Mechanism, the slate levy remains unchanged at zero cents per litre in the price structures of petrol and diesel with effect from the 3rd of September 2025.

This is how the price changes will reflect at the pumps (Diesel prices reflect wholesale, pump prices will differ):

Previous month prices are updated to reflect official numbers published by the DPMR.

Credit: BusinessTech