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South Africa's petrol price to drop by 5.2pc on December 5

Published November 28, 2014 Updated November 28, 2014 01:07pm

JOHANNESBURG: The retail price of 95-grade petrol in South Africa will drop by 69 cents or 5.2 percent a litre from next Wednesday, while wholesale diesel will decrease by 4.6 percent, local radio said on Friday.

Petrol will cost 12.47 rand ($1.13) a litre while the wholesale diesel price will be 11.31 rand in the main Gauteng inland region.

Copyright Reuters, 2014