About SA Petrol Price
Radif Partners turns the figures the Central Energy Fund publishes for the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources into answers: the over- or under-recovery building up during the month, what it means for next month's pump price once levies change, what a litre is made of, and what a tank or a month of driving costs. Interest rate pages use the policy and prime rates of the South African Reserve Bank. We sell no fuel, no loan and no insurance, and ask for no contact details.
Why these fuel estimates exist
Every month, motorists in South Africa want to know whether petrol and diesel will go up or down on the first Wednesday. The answer sits in documents the Central Energy Fund publishes as PDF files, and most articles quote a figure without its date or its method, sometimes two different figures on the same day.
News sites announce next month's petrol price from the same Central Energy Fund figures, often with two different numbers on the same day, and none shows the arithmetic. This site does it in the open: the average over- or under-recovery the CEF publishes each business day, projected to the close of the pricing window, rounded to the cent like the official statement, plus the levy changes already announced. Each figure carries its date, each assumption can be changed, and the same method is tested against every month of 2026.
Who publishes it
The site is published by Radif Partners, a company that builds calculators on public data. It is an independent site: not the Central Energy Fund, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, the National Treasury or the South African Reserve Bank. It sells no fuel, loan or card, takes no commission, carries no affiliate link and asks for no contact details.
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What it relies on
The Daily Basic Fuel Price sheets and the monthly media statements of the Central Energy Fund for 2026, with the price structure and the price history since April 2024; the media statement of the Department on the change of 4 November 2026; the policy rate, prime rate and market rates published by the South African Reserve Bank, and its calendar of Monetary Policy Committee meetings.
What it leaves out
Prices at individual stations, the diesel and paraffin margins of each retailer, an LPG forecast, and any prediction of the Reserve Bank’s decisions. The method page lists every assumption and the editorial policy explains corrections.
Contact
contact@sapetrolprice.com, for a figure that changed or a document we read wrong.