R3-per-litre increase for petrol in South Africa

While it is easy to point fingers at the US and Iran, the bottom line is that the South African government has failed and continues to do so for decades, less than a third of the required national crude reserves, the sale of strategic reserves not once, but twice at below market price, the collapse of the refining industry etc. all play pivotal parts in this country's continued failure.
 
Bad Ballie said:
While it is easy to point fingers at the US and Iran, the bottom line is that the South African government has failed and continues to do so for decades, less than a third of the required national crude reserves, the sale of strategic reserves not once, but twice at below market price, the collapse of the refining industry etc. all play pivotal parts in this country's continued failure.
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SA government needs to readdress the fuel levy
 
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September last year wife and i decided (she did cause she got sick of the car being too small) change the car

From a GSI (eats petrol) to large SUV (Duster great car btw) diesel cause they can last lot longer life span wise and at the time cheaper to run fuel wise.. ish

now this is crazy. feel rich just driving around with 2 bars left on the tank. here me thinking lets see what next months gonna cost before i fill it up. oh noes price going up...

Thanks Donald Duck

But at least we not paying European prices thats for sure i feel for those guys luckly their transport system works.
Bad Ballie said:
While it is easy to point fingers at the US and Iran, the bottom line is that the South African government has failed and continues to do so for decades, less than a third of the required national crude reserves, the sale of strategic reserves not once, but twice at below market price, the collapse of the refining industry etc. all play pivotal parts in this country's continued failure.
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exactly the upkeep of the Refineries that closed down over the years so they rather import made fuel than create it (could also of been cheaper)

We were a nation that had been sanctioned on crude oil that we made it from coal ...now we sitting with this.

its no wonder electric cars are poping in my area a lot latley though i wouldnt want to pay the price tag of these things. kinda miss going vroom vroom sounds too made a joke to people watch we gonna pay R50 a liter soon

at least walking the kids to school is gonna make a comebackm in summer oh no wait we gonna have the hottest summer coming up...
 
satanboy said:
www.bbc.com

Diesel prices exceed £2 a litre at forecourts across Scotland

Motoring organisation the RAC says it expects the average UK diesel price to hit a new record high over the weekend.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

R43.19
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yes, but as you earn in pounds, and you have a much better quality of living, you are not as hard hit. It going up is not going to take a half of your income going just in taxi fares to and from your job, and it is not going to mean you have to make a decision, if you have a vehicle, of put fuel in, or buy food, or pay the rent, like many people have to choose now.
 
Justanotherguybythesea said:
yes, but as you earn in pounds, and you have a much better quality of living, you are not as hard hit. It going up is not going to take a half of your income going just in taxi fares to and from your job, and it is not going to mean you have to make a decision, if you have a vehicle, of put fuel in, or buy food, or pay the rent, like many people have to choose now.
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earns lets say Rand value

Salary 50k in UK (in SA 20K)

Rent 30K (in SA 12K)

See where im going with this?

Now imagine paying 2 pounds and on top of it your groceries went up by another 500 pounds?

Dont convert just the salaries in the UK etc convert everything some things cheaper there than here and a lot of things are cheaper here than there.

Min wage there monthly prob about 2400 pounds prob more than half of that is rent for something bare basic
Take that for example i used to stay there in 2008 (rent was like 60 pounds per person in a flat share a week back then when it was R12 a pound) so was R2880 per month (5760 for me and my then gf) (when rent in a 1 bedroom apartment in loevenstein was like 2800 in 2009/2010 (get you the idea)

but now in the same postal code its 1 bedroom for 2000 pounds a month
yet the min wage is 12.71 an hour so you earn lekker 2400 +/- monthly but your rent eats 80-90% of your wages.

just cause you earn pounds doesnt mean you automatically living lekker.

its not what currency you earning its what you are earning.

If you earning 10k in pounds sure but your rent still 2-3k nevermind everything else a 55 liter tank gonna cost you 110 pounds so imagine filling that twice a month. luckly Oyster cards are like 10 pounds so you got that going a ton less than your own vehicle.
there transport system works (well last i was there just avoid peak hour its disgusting how many people cram in a train or buss id rather be in a local taxi than with those guys).
 
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