By Dideka Njemla Motorists can expect sharp fluctuations in the petroleum product prices at the start of next month. According to latest data by the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) all grades of fuel are predicted to increase pending the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy approval thereof which[…]
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) says it expects a fuel supply shipment on Tuesday and improvements in refinery this week to ease fuel shortage problems at Cape Town International Airport. Acsa announced a fuel shortage at the airport last week after a major fuel supplier had refinery glitches caused[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis Alas, after just a few brief months of reprieve, motorists have been hit with an increase in fuel prices. This comes after the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced that both grades of petrol has increased by 28-cents a litre, diesel by nine-cents a litre,[…]
A fuel crisis has forced the largest hospital in Yemen’s central Taiz province to stop operations on Sunday, according to the hospital, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Al-Thawra General Hospital said fuel shortage has caused all hospital’s sections to shut down. “The lives of patients at the hospital are at risk,”[…]
Motorists are being cautioned against using fuel-saving gimmicks as it could result in damage to vehicles. Fuel-saving hacks have been circulating online, amid a rise in petrol and diesel prices this year. On Wednesday, South African motorists are pay more to fill up when fuel prices increased, with diesel increasing by[…]
LOCAL South Africans can still expect some relief at the fuel pumps next Wednesday, although the decrease won’t be as much as anticipated earlier this month. At this stage, data from the Central Energy Fund points to a decrease of two-rand-28-cents per litre for 95-octane unleaded petrol, and that of[…]
By Tauhierah Salie Solomon The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in the Western Cape has distanced itself from calls for a national shutdown. It comes amid threats to bring the country’s roads to a halt, to get government to respond to industry concerns, particularly record fuel prices. The current[…]
LOCAL The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) says it has not yet decided whether it will support the call for a national shutdown, in protest against the recent fuel hikes. The NTA says it is currently engaging with the government to try and get it to exempt the taxi industry from some of[…]
LOCAL DA members took to the streets across the city on Wednesday morning in protest of exorbitant fuel costs. The party is calling on government to scrap the general fuel levy entirely to ease the impact of petrol hikes on motorists. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show earlier, Mayoral committee member[…]
LOCAL Things are looking unbelievably bleak for SA motorists as June is set to usher in a petrol price hike of horrific proportions. It’s an economic perfect storm: thanks to government’s suspension on the general fuel levy coming to an end — an automatic increase of R1.50 per litre — mixed[…]
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