South African consumers had to scramble, once again, to readjust their monthly budgets after the price of petrol was increased this past week.
While some reprieve will be felt by diesel users this month, petrol users, on the other hand, will be forced to fork out 37 cents per litre more.
Petrol prices have jumped from R22.64 a litre for 93 octane petrol and R22.97 for 95 octane petrol in April to R23.01 and R23.34 a litre, respectively.
This is added stress for consumers who had to contend with not just fuel