Governemnt confirms fuel price over- calcutated
The Department of Minerals and Energy has confirmed that the price of petrol for December was over-calculated by six cents a litre.
It means the December price at the pumps will be 75 cents a litre more and NOT 81 cents a litre more as was previously stated.
The December price increase was effective from 00h00 on 1 December and department spokesperson Robert Maake says all role players have been alerted to the error.
“The error was corrected this morning in fact, the oil companies were given the instruction to correct their pumps as well. Some might take a little bit of time to correct but it should be effective now,” said Maake.
He said the error had been picked up in terms of the wage allocation for petrol attendants in the fuel price which had already been factored in back in September.
The adjusted price of Diesel has not been affected and went up between 72.5 cents a litre and 74.5 cents a litre while illuminating paraffin went up by 42.2 cents.
The Automobile Association has already stated that the continued fuel price increases need to be urgently investigated.
