Public transport operators say the constant increases in fuel prices are stretching their budgets to breaking point.

Many operators and other drivers the NBC News team spoke to say the latest increase in petrol price of N$1.50 adds to their already strained earnings.

Taxi driver Moses Sheehama says they are struggling to adjust to the rapid fuel increases, which often leads them to raise their own fares to keep up with the fuel increases.  

"Yeah, but we are dying this side. We are really dying this side. I don't know what the government should do, but maybe it's getting pressure somewhere also. But we are feeling the fire this side."

Another long-distance transport operator, Leonardo Witbooi, says the impact of the fuel increases will negatively affect their operations, as the cost of fuel and their fares will not match.

"The fuel increase for us drivers, the long-distance drivers, is having a negative impact because our budgets are becoming smaller and smaller, and some of us are supporting our families from the transport industry. So as long-distance drivers now, we have to put in more fuel, which means we have to use more money, and we are going back home with little money."

He states that they only rely on the transport industry to support their families and pay rent – all of which will be even more affected by the fuel increases.