As with the rest of South Africa, farmers woke up Wednesday morning facing a hefty fuel price increase of R7.37 per litre and R7.51/l for the 50ppm and 500ppm grades of diesel, respectively.
This brought diesel pump prices to R25.91/l 0.05 sulphur and R26.11/l 0.005 sulphur. The two grades of petrol rose by R3.06/l to R23.36/l 95 ULP and R23.25/l 93 UL LRP.
However, farmers have been spared from a much steeper fuel hike after the joint announcement by Ministers of Finance and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources of a temporary levy reprieve of R3/l from April 1-May 5.
