# The Motor Industry Staff Association cautiously welcomes the decrease in the petrol price, but warns the steep hikes in diesel and paraffin prices will punish poor households and increase food costs. Petrol prices will drop by 52-cents per litre at midnight, while diesel prices will rise by up to one-rand-38-cents. Illuminating paraffin prices increase by one-rand-52-cents. MISA’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says government must find ways to cushion the impact of the increases:
MISA calls on government to cushion the impact of diesel and paraffin increases on vulnerable households [SOUND]
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