Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has started the formal process of deregulating the price of petrol in SA.

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Energy Dept begins formal process of deregulating petrol price in SA

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has published a government gazette, asking the public to chip in on his intention to introduce a price cap for 93 octane.

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[porchrat]

That'll fix the international oil price and rand depreciation!

Get rid of the tax you thieving swines.

 

[Defonotaltaccount]

All the strategically positioned gas stations are going to love this.

 

[TelkomUseless]

That'll fix the international oil price and rand depreciation!

Get rid of the tax you thieving swines.

Government will never take the easy solution.. must have gravy...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

So retailers must fight over the measly 228c assigned to them, but the thieves will still get more than triple that in taxes...

 

[cr@zydude]

So retailers must fight over the measly 228c assigned to them, but the thieves will still get more than triple that in taxes...

Do you think that a roughly 10% margin on a bulk product is measly?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Do you think that a roughly 10% margin on a bulk product is measly?

Comparatively speaking, compared to the cut that the government gets...

 

[cr@zydude]

Comparatively speaking, compared to the cut that the government gets...

VAT is higher than the grocery store margin. I think that some petrol stations may choose to lower prices. There are always risks but fuel retail margins are not nothing.

 

[BuckRogers]

They should go the self service route.

 

[itareanlnotani]

They should go the self service route.

Illegal here.

Got to protect those petrol attendant jobs.

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

They should go the self service route.

Three minutes ........................... thats how long it takes to teach the missus to pump gas.

 

[Priapus]

I guess it’s a start.

 

[BuckRogers]

Three minutes ........................... thats how long it takes to teach the missus to pump gas.

Women have a natural ability when working with nozzles

 

[Mystic Twilight]

Not sure if this will have the intended effect, you typically always go to the same petrol stations on your routine travel and petrol stations don't really cluster next to each other for easy comparison and choice. Going out of your way for cheaper petrol might cost more.

 

[supersunbird]

Not sure if this will have the intended effect, you typically always go to the same petrol stations on your routine travel and petrol stations don't really cluster next to each other for easy comparison and choice. Going out of your way for cheaper petrol might cost more.

Yeah, it's really going to complicate life.

We will need some app, and how will it get the up-to-date pricing data?

 

[DreamKing]

allow discount ===> yes
deregulate ==> no

 

[chrisc]

Checkers Emporium in Constantia has a petrol station adjacent to the store. They will offer substantial discounts to Checkers Xtra Savings card holders when deregulation becomes law

The manager at the garage at Constantia Village said they had no idea deregulation was envisaged and suggested it was urban legend. "It will never come to pass" he said

 

[killerbyte]

Remove the part of the fuel price that is set aside for petrol attendants and let the petrol station work that cost into their fuel price. Personally I won't mind a station that has a self service option if it means I can save R1 per litre

Love the idea of an app, I am sure some Dev is busy working on something in their free time now.

 

[Grubscrew]

Checkers Emporium in Constantia has a petrol station adjacent to the store. They will offer substantial discounts to Checkers Xtra Savings card holders when deregulation becomes law

The manager at the garage at Constantia Village said they had no idea deregulation was envisaged and suggested it was urban legend. "It will never come to pass" he said

Most of the Pick and Pay hypers that were build in the late 80s and 90s catered for when the petrol price will be deregulated.

 

[wingnut771]

Most of the Pick and Pay hypers that were build in the late 80s and 90s catered for when the petrol price will be deregulated.

I remember as a kid PnP Hyper by the sea in dbn north in the 80's were giving away free tank of fuel for a trolley of shopping or something like that. It was shut down shortly after.