June 2018
Fuel price increase for July So said the Automobile Association (AA) on Thursday as it released its fuel price outlook for July. Petrol prices‚ the AA said‚ are expected to rise by 26 cents a litre next month‚ diesel by 24 cents and illuminating paraffin by 20 cents. This in spite of South Africans being…
‘Petrol Must Fall’ boycott futile, says AA A message circulating on WhatsApp has been urging the public not to buy petrol on Wednesday. A ‘Petrol Must Fall’ message has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp urging the public to boycott buying petrol on Wednesday, June 20, Northglen News reports. “Petrol prices must fall. No car…
Petrol price hike is an attack on the poor The latest petrol price increase by a record 82 cents a litre is totally unacceptable. It cannot be justified on any grounds. High international oil prices and the weakening of the rand – reasons given for the massive increase, simply do not hold water. It is…
CAPE TOWN – Glencore Plc and a black-investor group are the only partners in a potential $1 billion deal to buy Chevron Corp.’s southern African assets, according to three people familiar with the situation. Business Day, a Johannesburg-based newspaper, reported earlier that South Africa’s Public Investment Corp, which invests the pensions of civil servants, could…
