Category: Fuel & Freight Costs

Fuel prices, trends and what a diesel move actually costs per kilometre on SADC corridors.

Bar chart of what the last mile adds to a litre of Mozambican diesel, meticais per litre above the 116.25 MT port price, ARENE schedule effective 7 May 2026: Quelimane plus 4.45, Tete plus 5.39, Lichinga plus 7.02, Mecula plus 10.02, Mueda and Palma plus 15.60. The bar length is the road freight cost of getting a litre there.

Mozambique Diesel Price 2026: 116.25 MT and Six Regional Prices

September 1, 2026

Mozambican diesel rose 45.5% in a single step on 7 May 2026 to 116.25 MT a litre at the ports - and costs more the further inland you buy. The regional ladder,…

Bar chart of what diesel costs for one loaded leg on six Botswana corridors at 2.5 km per litre and P20.93 a litre: Gaborone to Johannesburg 398 km, P3,329; Gaborone to Francistown 436 km, P3,648; Francistown to Kasane 495 km, P4,146; Gaborone to Kasane 931 km, P7,796; Kazungula to Johannesburg 1,329 km, P11,127; Gaborone to Walvis Bay 1,504 km, P12,595. Distances measured on the road network from the Kweli corridor pool.

Botswana Diesel Price 2026: the P8.77 Jump and the Levy Suspension

September 1, 2026

BERA raised diesel by P8.77 a litre in March 2026 and cut it by P4.12 on 7 July, to P20.93. What that means for a Trans-Kalahari or Kazungula run, and where to…

Line chart of Tanzanian diesel, the EWURA retail cap price in Dar es Salaam in shillings per litre, fourteen months from September 2025 to October 2026: TSh 2,754 at the start, a peak of TSh 4,333 in June 2026, and TSh 4,086 from 7 October 2026. Source: EWURA monthly Public Notice on Cap Prices for Petroleum Products.

Tanzania Diesel Price October 2026: EWURA Cap TSh 4,086 and the 14-Month Trend

September 1, 2026

EWURA caps diesel at TSh 4,086 in Dar es Salaam from 7 October 2026, up TSh 209. A 14-month series from the regulator's own notices, and the town-by-town table that shows what…

Line chart of Namibian diesel 50ppm, the regulated pump price at Walvis Bay in Namibia dollars per litre, April to October 2026: N$23.63 in April, a peak of N$28.26 in May and June, N$26.26 in August, and N$27.86 from 2 September, held on 7 October. Source: Namibian press records of the Ministry's monthly fuel price reviews.

Namibia Diesel Price October 2026: N$27.86 at Walvis Bay

September 1, 2026

Diesel 50ppm stays at N$27.86 at Walvis Bay from 7 October 2026 while petrol rises N$1.50. Because the Namibia dollar is pegged to the rand that is R27.86 - R4.09 below South…

Line chart of Zambian diesel, the ERB uniform national pump price in kwacha per litre, fourteen months from September 2025 to October 2026: K25.02 at the start, a peak of K33.99 in May 2026, and K33.27 from 1 October 2026. Source: ERB monthly Pump Price Build-Up notices.

Zambia Diesel Price October 2026: K33.27 and the 14-Month ERB Trend

September 1, 2026

The ERB raised Zambian diesel K6.41 to K33.27 a litre from 1 October 2026 as six months of fuel tax relief ended. Fourteen months of sourced prices, what moved them, and cost…

Truck running with an empty curtain-side trailer, curtains rolled open

Empty Running Is the Real Fuel Cost: R12.78 a Kilometre Becomes R25.56

September 1, 2026

An empty return leg exactly doubles fuel cost per paid kilometre - the same on a 571 km lane and a 1 397 km one. Worked on road distances we measured.

List of activities that qualify for the SARS diesel refund

The Diesel Rebate and Road Freight: Who Actually Qualifies

September 1, 2026

Road haulage is not a qualifying activity for the SARS diesel refund. Here is the full list of what is, and what a transport operator can do instead.

Breakdown of what is in a litre of South African diesel at R31.95, effective 7 October 2026: general fuel levy R3.93, Road Accident Fund levy R2.25, slate levy R0.88, and R24.89 for the basic fuel price, margins and distribution

What Is Actually in the South African Diesel Price (October 2026)

September 1, 2026

About R7.06 of every R31.95 litre is levy. The general fuel levy, the RAF levy, the slate - and the three-month levy holiday that ended on 1 July.

Line chart of the ZERA maximum diesel pump price in Zimbabwe, US dollars per litre, March to August 2026: an April peak of US$2.11, flat at US$1.95 since 24 July

Zimbabwe Diesel Price 2026: the ZERA Ceiling, the Trend and the Beitbridge Fill Decision

September 1, 2026

ZERA's diesel ceiling is US$2.04 a litre as of 9 October 2026. Why a dollar-denominated pump price behaves differently to a rand one, and whether it still pays to fill before Beitbridge.

Line chart of South African inland wholesale diesel 0.05%, rand per litre, September 2025 to October 2026: R19.44 at the start, a July low of R24.79 and R31.95 in October 2026, the highest point in the series

South Africa Diesel Price, October 2026: the 14-Month Trend and What It Costs Per Kilometre

September 1, 2026

Wholesale diesel is R31.95 a litre from 7 October 2026, up 65.2% in a year while petrol rose 39.9%. The full sourced series, what drove it, and what it costs on the…