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title: "SA's petrol price explained in five interactive graphics"
description: "We have compiled five graphics – two of them interactive – to break down and explain Wednesday’s fuel price increases."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "FUEL HIKES"
author: "Business Maverick"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/business-maverick/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-06-01-petrol-price-increase-explainer/"
published: "2022-06-01T10:50:53"
updated: "2022-06-01T11:06:09"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 48
---

# SA's petrol price explained in five interactive graphics

> We have compiled five graphics – two of them interactive – to break down and explain Wednesday’s fuel price increases.

By Business Maverick · Published 1 June 2022, 12:50 SAST · Updated 1 June 2022, 13:06 SAST

## Content

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/10190486/

*Read in Daily Maverick: [Motorists hit with R2.43 per litre petrol hike from Wednesday — but it could have been worse](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-31-motorists-face-r2-43-per-litre-petrol-hike-from-wednesday-but-it-could-have-been-worse/)*

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/10193223/

![The graph shows the breakdown of the petrol price increase over the year.](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1.jpg)

*Read in Daily Maverick: [After years of bad or corrupt decisions, SA’s latest oil price shock is too much for a battered nation](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-29-after-years-of-bad-or-corrupt-decisions-sas-latest-oil-price-shock-is-too-much-for-a-battered-nation/)*

![Image](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2-copy-3.jpg)

![Image](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3.jpg)

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