A vehicle is refuelled at a petrol station in Rosebank, Johannesburg on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

An elderly commuter walks amid minibus taxis at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters queue to board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

A street vendor sells homemade cookies to commuters queueing to board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters queue to board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters queue to board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters queue to board a minibus taxi at Bara Taxi rank in Soweto on April 1, 2026, a day after South Africa lowered its fuel tax for a month to offset a global oil price surge driven by the Iran war, even as pump prices rose in one of the steepest increases on record. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)