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Service Stations in South Africa A new joint venture between data and research group Lightstone and car tracking company Tracker has provided insights into the driving habits of hundreds of thousands of motorists in South Africa, and related industries (service stations) Lightstone Explore formed a 50/50 joint venture with Tracker, in which Lightstone analyzed the…
service Most Popular CAPE TOWN – Sasol appears to be a service station of choice for most South Africans according to the latest Explore findings, by data and research group Lightstone, who partnered with Tracker to conduct the study. The report showed that Sasol is the most popular service station in the country. In a…
Black ownership still well below the government’s proposed 25% – minister Intervention to transform the petroleum retail sector is on the cards‚ Energy Minister David Mahlobo has indicated, with the Department of Energy conducting an audit that will serve as a baseline to inform the intervention required for this transformation to take place. “The department…
South African motorists are in for a tough December, as mid-month fuel price estimates show that the price of filling your tank could be going up by as much as 75 cents next month. South Africa has the world’s most expensive petrol retailers. The latest Bloomberg fuel index – updated 31 October 2017 – shows that South Africa…
Buc-ee’s giant car wash at its Katy travel center has been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest. On Thursday, a representative from the UK-based Guinness Worlds Records presented Buc-ee’s co-founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin with the certificate acknowledging the nearly football-field long car wash. The Texas car wash has a 255-foot-long…
Massive Increase in Petrol Prices As if South African motorists don’t already have enough to deal with this holiday season. We’ve got hijackings, congestion, roadblocks and the expiring licence discs. Brace yourselves, because December will bring another massive increase in the petrol price. An apology to all the millennial drivers out there; there’s absolutely no…
Fuel price hikes Unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is forecasting a sharp jump in fuel prices at the end of November. This is according to the Automobile Association‚ which says that motorists cannot expect much respite from a weakening domestic picture. “The Rand is testing one-year lows against…
Fuel Price Johannesburg – South African motorists will receive a 24 cents a litre decrease in the price of petrol as of April 5. “This decrease could have been much more significant had fuel taxes not increased at the same time,” says the Automobile Association. In his budget speech in February, former Finance Minister Pravin…
Increase in Prices CAPE TOWN – South African consumers have experienced what seems like a fuel hike outbreak this year. Fuel in SA costs a staggering R14.05 per litre (95 octane). Take a look at why other countries are paying much less for fuel compared to SA. The current fuel hike has been attributed to…
Johannesburg: South Africa is falling further behind the world in fuel quality, and it’s hitting SA motorists where it hurts most: their pockets and their health. July 2017 was the planned introduction date for a Clean Fuels policy which would have resulted in you breathing cleaner air and paying less at the fuel pumps, but…
