Here’s how SMEs can survive the ongoing fuel price hikes
'Small businesses typically feel these shocks first because they have less pricing power and thinner cash buffers.'
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'Small businesses typically feel these shocks first because they have less pricing power and thinner cash buffers.'
Economic shocks, such as fuel price hikes or electricity tariff increases, may be felt immediately by consumers.
The petrol price changes will take effect on 1 April 2026.
South Africans have become quite used to not having to contend with high fuel price increases, but now, pain at the pump is back.