{"id":62933,"date":"2015-08-03T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/possible-petrol-price-drop-20150729\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:34:16","slug":"possible-petrol-price-drop-20150729","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/possible-petrol-price-drop-20150729\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible petrol price drop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"a0c8a2ab\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"slide\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3571\/c06a7db55f404e09b9784ae5c3476237.jpg\" title=\"running on empty: \nAutomobile Association of SA (AA) predicts a decrease in petrol price in August. \n\n\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0b7865d3e19246bba820bf55a62b1bd1.jpg\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">running on empty:<br>\nAutomobile Association of SA (AA) predicts a decrease in petrol price in August. <p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorists may receive some good news next month according to encouraging mid-month data from as the Automobile Association of SA (AA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the AA data suggests that the petrol price could decrease by between 47 cents to 49c a litre. 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