Today’s headlinesSun 6 Sep 2026

Diesel is up 62% since March, and delivery has quietly repriced

Another R3.15 a litre on 2 September, more than double the move on petrol. If you run a bakkie, this is the cost line that changed while everyone watched interest rates.

DataDiesel 50ppm inland went to R30.05 on 2 September, up R3.15 in a month. On a vehicle burning 200 litres that is R630 more, this month, before anything else moves. Petrol 95 rose R1.34 on the same day. (Automobile Association)

TrendSince March diesel is up 62% and petrol 33%. Delivery has repriced against dine-in inside six months, and the gap is still widening. If your delivery mix grew because it was cheap to serve, check whether it still is. (Automobile Association)

OpeningPick n Pay reopened its Bloemfontein Hypermarket with the group's first seated sushi area and its first sit-down coffee area in that format. It is the fourth of 23 Hypermarkets revamped. The supermarket keeps adding chairs to the thing you sell. (BusinessTech)

DealPrime held at 10.5% and the rand firmed to R15.97, about 40 cents stronger over the month. Financing a site costs what it did in August, and anything you land in dollars costs slightly less. If an equipment order has been waiting, this was the better month for it. (South African Reserve Bank)

WatchFuel resets in the first week of October. Two consecutive rises have already taken diesel past its July level, so build the next one into the delivery line rather than finding it in the month-end numbers. (Automobile Association)

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