Petrol set to jump R3 a litre in October, a record, eNCA reports
The broadcaster's Friday wrap also carried the death of a twelfth victim in the Kaduna village shooting, a new CEO at ACSA and a stalled South African approach to Washington.
South African motorists are facing what eNCA described as a record fuel increase in the first week of October, with petrol expected to rise by about R3 a litre and diesel by about R3,07 a litre.
The figures aired by the broadcaster are not final, and it said the eventual increase could land close to them. Fuel adjustments normally take effect on the first Wednesday of the month.
A rise of that size would be felt well beyond the petrol pump. Diesel moves the trucks that stock shops and the bakkies that carry goods to market, so a record diesel step feeds into the price of almost everything that is transported, at a time when households are already stretched.
A twelfth death in Kaduna
The same bulletin reported that the death toll from a shooting at a home in a Kaduna village earlier in the week has risen to 12. Ten people were killed at the house, and three were taken to hospital. One of the injured has since died.
The broadcaster did not name the village, the victims or any suspect in the segment, and no further detail on arrests or a police response was given.
ACSA names a returning chief executive
Airports Company South Africa has announced a new chief executive officer. Superlam Tedwe will take the position from 1 November.
He is not new to the company. He previously served as ACSA’s chief financial officer and was in that role through the COVID-19 period, which the broadcaster described as turbulent for the airports operator.
ACSA has been making headway recently, according to eNCA, and the incoming CEO arrives at a steadier moment for the business.
Washington meetings proving hard to get
South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Rolf Meyer, has been seeking meetings with his American counterparts and says arranging them is proving very difficult.
Meyer told eNCA he has had no joy so far. The difficulty sits against the tariffs the United States has levelled at South Africa and other countries, and the broadcaster said it would keep watching the story.
Source: eNCA (YouTube), On All Angles, 25 September 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH422aRo56Q
