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SA’s petrol price explained in five interactive graphics

SA’s petrol price explained in five interactive graphics
Illustrative image//Filling up.(Photo: Gallo Images / Sydney Seshibedi)|South African banknotes. (Photo: Simon Dawson / Bloomberg via Getty Images)| Workers stand in long lines in the pouring rain from the early morning in Cape Town and various other places. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)| Taxis in Cape Town.(Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
By Business Maverick
01 Jun 2022
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We have compiled five graphics – two of them interactive – to break down and explain Wednesday’s fuel price increases.

Read in Daily Maverick: Motorists hit with R2.43 per litre petrol hike from Wednesday — but it could have been worse

 

The graph shows the breakdown of the petrol price increase over the year.

Read in Daily Maverick: After years of bad or corrupt decisions, SA’s latest oil price shock is too much for a battered nation

 

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