{"id":97847,"date":"2015-08-29T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T07:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=97847"},"modified":"2015-08-29T09:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T07:31:45","slug":"relief-at-the-petrol-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/08\/29\/relief-at-the-petrol-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief at the petrol pumps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0price of petrol will decrease by 69 cents per litre, while diesel will drop by 54 cents from next week Wednesday, the Energy Department revealed in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

Illuminating paraffin will fall by 55 cents per litre, with the price of LPG will droping by R1,15 per kilogram.<\/p>

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This is the second consecutive fall in the price after petrol dropped 51 cents per litre and diesel fell by 76 cents per litre at the beginning of August<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest decrease is a result of falling international crude prices.<\/p>

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The drop in fuel prices is good news for inflation as goods will cost less to transport and it\u2019s hoped that this will lead to a decrease in the price of food and other goods.<\/p>\n

The Energy Department has reportedly said if it wasn\u2019t for the weakening rand motorists could have seen a more significant\u00a0drop in the\u00a0fuel price.<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s Robert Maake said, \u201cWe have seen that the weakening of the rand has affected the price negatively, it actually affected it by more than 20 cents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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