Paraffin got cheaper but it's still hard to find

Paraffin got cheaper but it's still hard to find

By Nontokozo Gemani Fikile Maphosa, 56, buys paraffin twice a week to cook for three children in Kwa Mkhancwa, but it’s never enough. Spaza shop owner Ngcobo Nkosikhona stopped stocking paraffin in Kwa Mkhancwa and still isn’t sure the cheaper price will last. Paraffin fell R6.97 a litre this July, the biggest fuel price cut of the month. In Kwa Mkhancwa, an informal settlement in Brakpan, that hasn’t meant more paraffin here. Gauteng has the …