保罗·伯克哈特报道 由于伊朗战争引发的最新油价冲击传导至政府的月度加油站价格调整，南非民众将为汽油支付创纪录的价格。
Africans will pay a record price for gasoline as the latest oil shocks caused by the Iran war catch up with the monthly adjustments made by the government at the pump.
矿产与石油资源部在一份电子邮件声明中表示，豪登省95号汽油的零售价将于10月7日每升上涨3.33兰特（约0.20美元）。这一12%的涨幅将加油站价格推高至每升30.25兰特，创历史新高。柴油批发价将每升上涨高达3.24兰特。
The retail price of 95-octane gasoline in the province of Gauteng will climb by 3.33 rand ($0.20) per liter on Oct. 7, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources said in an emailed statement. The 12% increase lifts the price at the pump to 30.25 rand per liter, the highest on record. The wholesale cost of diesel will increase by as much as 3.24 per liter.
上个月，随着美国和伊朗持续互相袭击，以及沙特阿拉伯东西向管道因无人机袭击而关闭，油价升至每桶约100美元。
Oil advanced to around $100 per barrel last month as the US and Iran continued to exchange attacks and Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline was shut by a drone attack.
虽然这意味着全球燃料价格上涨，但非洲的痛感更为强烈，因为那里的家庭将收入中更大比例用于交通，原因是依赖公路运输且缺乏公共交通。
While that means higher fuel prices globally, the pain can be felt more keenly in Africa where households spend proportionately more of their earnings on transportation, due to a reliance on road travel and a lack of public transport.
这也可能增加南非储备银行再次加息以捍卫其3%通胀目标的压力。自2月下旬战争爆发以来，较高的燃料价格已帮助推高消费者价格涨幅至4.4%，促使央行今年迄今已加息两次。
It could also increase pressure on the South African Reserve Bank to raise interest rates again to defend its 3% inflation target. Higher fuel prices since the start of the war in late February have already helped pushed consumer-price growth to 4.4%, prompting the central bank to raise rates twice so far this year.