Zone 9A fuel price: R30.51 for 95

Britstown is billed at the zone 9A price, which for unleaded 95 becomes R30.51 on Wednesday 7 October (R30.14 for 93).

Zone 1A is the floor. Here the price sits 113 c/l higher, and 26 c/l more than Gauteng relative to Gauteng’s 9C.

Zone 9A is a club of 6 districts. The best-known members are Britstown, Fauresmith, Hopetown, Koffiefontein and 2 more.

The nearest district on a different code is Jagersfontein (8A), about 11 km from Fauresmith, where 95 is 27 c/l cheaper.

Provincial context for Northern Cape: 23 codes in use, cheapest 8B at R29.94, dearest 17C at R31.22, and 9A at rank 8.

Bakkie and truck owners should read R33.06 as a floor, not a pump price: it is the regulated wholesale level for 50ppm diesel.

A family car with a 50-litre tank pays R1,525.50 for a fill of 95, against R1,359.00 a month earlier.