Fuel prices will come down by between 19c and 54c/l this week. The department of mineral resources & energy has announced a 19c decrease in the price of 93 (ULP and LRP) and 95 (ULP and LRP) as of Wednesday.

Though there is “significant doubt” over Cell C’s ability to continue as a going concern, the mobile operator’s biggest shareholder, Blue Label Telecoms, said on Friday that “management believes it is more likely than not” that the company will survive.

The rand is suffering its worst start to the year against the dollar since the global financial crisis of 2008, and it’s not about to get any better in March, if history is any guide.