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<p dir="ltr">The South African government says it will slash the pump price of fuel from Wednesday.</p><div class="dvlO90Xs" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">Gwede Mantashe, South Africa’s minister of mineral resources and energy, said this in a statement on Saturday.</p><div class="OaeO5XxM" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">He said the price adjustment is aimed at easing the burden on consumers of soaring energy prices.</p>
<p dir="ltr">South Africa’s fuel prices are adjusted monthly, informed by international and local factors.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Mantashe said the prices were adjusted due to less demand for crude oil due to recession concerns and a resurgence of COVID-19 in China.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">He added that “the decision by OPEC and Non-OPEC members to increase oil production” was another contributory factor.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“The average international product prices of petrol, diesel, Illuminating Paraffin and LPG have decreased during the period under review. LPG prices have increased due to higher freight rates during the period under review,” he said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“The movement in product prices has led to lower contributions to the Basic Fuel Price of petrol ULP 95 by 303.16 c/l, ULP 93 by 297.42 c/l, diesel 500ppm and 50ppm by 267.30 c/l and 271.15 c/l respectively, while the contribution to illuminating paraffin was 249.77 c/l.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The minister said the depreciation of the rand also instigated the price reduction.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">In June, the country’s inflation hit a 13-year high of 7.4 percent.</p>
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