JOHANNESBURG – The Energy Department says a number of factors have contributed to the fuel price increase, including a weaker rand and the new Carbon Tax levy on petrol.

From Wednesday, motorists will pay 9 cents more per litre for both grades of petrol 13 cents more for a litre of diesel and paraffin will cost 8 cents more.

The departments Robert Maake explained: “There’s this slate levy of around 13.16 cents which becomes effective and this is due to the fact that the money in the slate levy. The cumulative balance in this slate levy fund is beyond the threshold of R250 million. So, it’s sitting at around minus R1.4 billion.”

Diesel will go up by 33.16 cents and paraffin will increase by 8 cents.