With a crippling fuel price hike in place for the month of October, unions and political parties say consumers will now be forced to choose between putting food on the table and spending a significant amount of their income on transport.
Unleaded 95 petrol went up by R1.14 per liter, while unleaded 93 was hiked by R1.08.Diesel prices also increase sharply for the fourth consecutive month, by around R1.60 per litre.
Trade union federation Saftu’s Trevor Shaku: "Saftu is concerned that this eighth consecutive increase in especially petrol and diesel will worsen the cost of living and affect the class negatively. This price increases will affect workers and the unemployed in at least three main ways, elevating costs of fuel for vehicle owners, causing road transport fares to rise and causing prices of other goods to also increase.""Most South Africans cannot take much more.
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