Zone 36J fuel price: R30.76 for 95

Namakwaland Kleinsee motorists, like everyone on code 36J, pay R30.76 for 95 and R30.39 for 93 once Wednesday 7 October comes round.

Against the coast (zone 1A) the premium is 138 c/l; against Gauteng’s 9C it is 51 c/l more than Gauteng.

The whole zone is one district, Namakwaland Kleinsee, which is why few people have heard of it outside Northern Cape.

From Namakwaland Kleinsee it is about 51 km to Namakwaland Port Nolloth, a zone 35J district where 95 is the same.

Within Northern Cape, which uses 23 zones, 36J is number 14 from the cheapest; the province runs from R29.94 in zone 8B to R31.22 in zone 17C.

Diesel is regulated only at wholesale: R33.30 for 50ppm and R32.46 for 500ppm. Pump prices for diesel are set by each site and sit above those figures.

Fill a 50-litre tank with 95 and you pay R1,538.00, a more of R166.50 on last month.