What changes when · Calendar feeds
Put the change dates in your calendar
Petrol on the first Wednesday, tolls and wages on 1 March, electricity on 1 July, the Reserve Bank’s decisions. Follow a feed and the dates sit in your own calendar, and stay current as new dates are set.
Petrol price changes
The monthly fuel price change, on the first Wednesday of each month.
Next: 2 December 2026. Petrol price change (expected).
On the site: fuel price
Electricity tariff changes
Municipal electricity tariffs change on 1 July, the start of the municipal financial year.
Next: 1 July 2027. Municipal electricity tariffs change (expected).
On the site: electricity bill, electricity units
Minimum wage changes
The national minimum wage is adjusted each year, usually from 1 March, and sector minimums by their own notices.
Next: 1 March 2027. National minimum wage adjustment (expected).
On the site: minimum wage
Toll tariff changes
New tariffs for national toll roads usually start on 1 March.
Next: 1 March 2027. Toll tariffs change (expected).
Interest rate decisions
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee announcement dates. Prime and the legal interest limits move with the repo rate.
Next: 19 November 2026. Reserve Bank interest rate decision (expected).
On the site: interest rates, prescribed rate, nca interest rates
Weekly dam reports
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly State of Dams report, each Monday.
Next: 23 November 2026. Weekly dam levels report (expected).
On the site: dam levels
South African public holidays
Every public holiday, with the Monday off when one falls on a Sunday.
Next: 16 December 2026. Day of Reconciliation.
On the site: public holidays, working days
School terms (public schools)
The first and last day of each school term and the special school holidays, for public schools in every province, as the Minister of Basic Education’s calendar in the Government Gazette sets them. Only the years we hold.
Every change date
Petrol, electricity, minimum wages, tolls and interest rate decisions in one feed.
Next: 19 November 2026. Reserve Bank interest rate decision (expected).
For one place
Every place page has its own feed of the changes that affect it, with the place’s own figures in the words: for example /place/cape-town/calendar.ics. Find it under “What’s about to change” on the place’s page.
How a feed works
“Add to calendar” opens your phone’s or computer’s calendar and follows the feed: it checks back about once a day. In Google Calendar, choose “Other calendars”, then “From URL”, and paste the address of the .ics file.
A feed marks a date as expected when it comes from a schedule and no figure is set yet. It never names a price before the notice is out. Days in the last year on which figures did change link to the page that lists what changed.
The rand has a new rate every business day, the weather a new week of days, and ward boundaries change with elections, so they have no feed of change dates. Made 16 November 2026.