Pretoria - Motorists will be disappointed to learn that a litre of petrol will rise by 26 cents across all grades next Wednesday.
The Energy Department announced on Friday that motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets when the petrol price rises to R8.99 a litre in Gauteng and R8.75 in the coast.
The wholesale price of diesel with 0.05 percent sulphur content will rise by 30 cents per litre, while diesel with 0.005 percent sulphur content would increase in price by 32 cents a litre.
The wholesale price of illuminating paraffin is also due to increase by 32 cents per litre, and the single maximum national retail price for illuminating paraffin will rise by 42 cents per litre.
The Maximum Retail Price for LPGAS will increase by 41 cents per kilogram in the maximum retail price.
"During the period under review, the average international product prices of Petrol, Diesel and Illuminating Paraffin increased," said the department.
