Zone 1A fuel price: R29.38 for 95

Cape Town and the rest of zone 1A pay R29.38 per litre of 95 as of Wednesday 7 October; 93 costs R29.01.

Zone 1A is the reference for the whole country: the coastal metros next to the refineries and import terminals, with no inland transport differential. Every other zone is priced as 1A plus its own differential; Gauteng pays 87 c/l more for 95.

On the department’s district list, zone 1A takes in Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), East London and 13 more, spread over Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.

Cross into Ndwedwe – roughly 11 km from Inanda – and the zone changes to 2A, 6 c/l dearer on 95.

Western Cape motorists face 10 different zone prices. 1A is the 1-ranked of them, with 1A (R29.38) and 8B (R29.94) at the ends.

Bakkie and truck owners should read R31.93 as a floor, not a pump price: it is the regulated wholesale level for 50ppm diesel.

Every 50 litres of 95 costs R166.50 more than before, for a total of R1,469.00.