Sep 10, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
John chats to Professor Peter Baur, Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg, about the rising oil prices, and what this means for South Africa. 702 Drive…
Peter BauerGuest
John PerlmanHost
702 drive it's 19 minutes past five the oil price keeps going up and up and up as the factors causing that price spike continue to get more entangled and more intractable it doesn't look good we're already paying a huge amount for petrol diesel and paraffin october's numbers uh look like they may well be even steeper and as for the rest of the year well Who knows? But let's get some insight into what's going on.

And welcome to the show, Professor Peter Bauer, who's Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg.
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