Oil price
Oil extends rally on Russia sanctions bets, stocks wobble
While Europe's economy relies heavily on energy from Russia, the possibility of an embargo sent both main contracts sharply higher Monday, and they continued...
The department said that rising fuel prices were a global issue and developing countries would be hit especially hard.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has seen fuel prices reach record highs.
The ongoing war in Ukraine has driven up oil prices and there are fears that it could get worse, with oil stocks not meeting demand.
Markets have been hammered this week after the Kremlin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and said it would provide 'peacekeepers' to the regions, leading to warnings of a conflagration.
From the stroke of midnight, the price of 93 octane will decrease by 71 cents a litre, 95 octane is going down by 68 cents and you'll have to fork out about 68 cents less for diesel.
The spreading Delta virus variant fuelled fears it could undermine economic recovery.
That's if the rand does not suffer another blow and continues to gain momentum against major currencies.
Oil prices suffered a historic collapse late Sunday after Saudi Arabia shocked the market by launching a price war against one time ally, Russia.
Saudi Arabia launched an all-out oil war Sunday with the biggest cut in its prices in the last 20 years, Bloomberg News reported, after a failure by cartel OPEC and its allies to clinch a deal to cut production.
Motorists in the Western Cape can expect a slight drop in the price of 95 octane petrol based on current data. Diesel, 93 octane petrol and illuminating are expected to increase.