Announced 5 October 2026 · in force Wednesday 7 October 00:01
Zone 5A fuel price: R29.69 for 95
Adelaide, Alfred, Bathurst, Bedford, Caledon… · Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
Zone 5A at the pump
Adelaide is billed at the zone 5A price, which for unleaded 95 becomes R29.69 on Wednesday 7 October (R29.32 for 93).
31 c/l of the price exists because the fuel has to travel inland; on the 54-zone ladder that is rung 7.
Where code 5A applies
In Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the districts priced at zone 5A are Adelaide, Alfred, Bathurst (Port Alfred), Bedford and 29 more (33 in total).
Tulbagh is the closest district on another code (4A); 95 there is 11 c/l cheaper, roughly 18 km away.
15 zone codes share Eastern Cape between them. Ordered by 95, this one is 6; the extremes are R29.38 and R30.24.
Tank maths
Wholesale paraffin lands at R23.72 in zone 5A, wholesale 50ppm diesel at R32.23.
Fifty litres of 95 at the regulated price: R1,484.50 (previously R1,318.00).
Districts in zone 5A
| District | Province | Map point (GeoNames) |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Eastern Cape | Adelaide |
| Alfred | KwaZulu-Natal | Harding |
| Bathurst (Port Alfred) | Eastern Cape | Port Alfred |
| Bedford | Eastern Cape | Bedford |
| Caledon | Western Cape | Caledon |
| Cathcart | Eastern Cape | Cathcart |
| Centane | Eastern Cape | Centane |
| Ceres | Western Cape | Ceres |
| Cofimvaba (St Marks) | Eastern Cape | Cofimvaba |
| Fort Beaufort | Eastern Cape | Fort Beaufort |
| Gatyana (Willowvale) | Eastern Cape | Willowvale |
| Gcuwa (Butterworth) | Eastern Cape | Butterworth |
| Hermanus | Western Cape | Hermanus |
| Hewu (Whittle Sea) | Eastern Cape | Whittlesea |
| Hlabisa | KwaZulu-Natal | Hlabisa |
| Hopefield | Western Cape | Hopefield |
| Idutywa | Eastern Cape | Dutywa |
| Kranskop | KwaZulu-Natal | Kranskop |
| Lower Umfolozi | KwaZulu-Natal | Empangeni |
| Montagu | Western Cape | Montagu |
| Mpofu (Stockenstroom)(Seymore) | Eastern Cape | Seymour |
| Mtonjaneni | KwaZulu-Natal | Melmoth |
| Nkandla | KwaZulu-Natal | Nkandla |
| Nqamakwe | Eastern Cape | Ngqamakhwe |
| Queenstown | Eastern Cape | Queenstown |
| Robertson | Western Cape | Robertson |
| Sterkstroom | Eastern Cape | Sterkstroom |
| Swellendam | Western Cape | Swellendam |
| Tarka | Eastern Cape | Tarkastad |
| Tsomo | Eastern Cape | Tsomo |
| Umzimkulu | Eastern Cape | Umzimkulu |
| Vredenburg | Western Cape | Vredenburg |
| Worcester | Western Cape | Worcester |
| From | 95 | D50 |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 (provisional) | R29.69 | R32.23 |
| September 2026 | R26.36 | R28.99 |
| August 2026 | R25.02 | R25.84 |
| July 2026 | R25.54 | R24.60 |
| June 2026 | R27.50 | R28.19 |