Zone 31J fuel price: R30.25 for 95

Namakwaland South and the rest of zone 31J pay R30.25 per litre of 95 as of Wednesday 7 October; 93 costs R29.88.

Against the coast (zone 1A) the premium is 87 c/l; against Gauteng’s 9C it is level.

Zone 31J is a single-district zone. It covers Namakwaland South (Northern Cape) and nothing else.

Zone 32J begins around Namakwaland Central, 100 km from Namakwaland South. Expect 95 to be 26 c/l dearer there.

Within Northern Cape, which uses 23 zones, 31J is number 7 from the cheapest; the province runs from R29.94 in zone 8B to R31.22 in zone 17C.

The wholesale ceiling for diesel 50ppm is R32.80 (R31.96 for 500ppm); what a forecourt charges at the pump is its own decision.

Fifty litres of 95 at the regulated price: R1,512.50 (previously R1,346.00).