{"id":39906,"date":"2025-09-30T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/mixed-movements-at-the-pumps-from-1-october\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:12:18","slug":"mixed-movements-at-the-pumps-from-1-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/mixed-movements-at-the-pumps-from-1-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed movements at the pumps from 1 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists and businesses will see a combination of increases and decreases in fuel prices this month, reflecting the latest adjustment announced by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR). The new prices take effect from 00h01 on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 (midnight Tuesday, 30 September 2025).<\/p>\n<p>Lebo Ramolahloane, National Vice Chairperson of the South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), notes that while some increases are expected, the overall adjustment offers relief in key areas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Petrol prices are seeing modest increases, largely to accommodate wage adjustments for service station staff, but decreases in diesel, paraffin, and LPG provide much-needed relief for transport, agriculture, and logistics &ndash; sectors that play a critical role in the economy and directly affect consumer costs,&rdquo; says Ramolahloane.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel Price Adjustments &ndash; Effective 1 October 2025<br \/>\nPetrol&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=74759&#038;page=mixed-movements-at-the-pumps-from-1-october\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists and businesses will see a combination of increases and decreases in fuel prices this month, reflecting the latest adjustment announced by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR). The new prices take effect from 00h01 on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 (midnight Tuesday, 30 September 2025). Lebo Ramolahloane, National Vice Chairperson of the South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-09-30%20at%2013_21_51.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-09-30%20at%2013_21_51.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}