Motorists are rushing to fill their tanks before thefuel hikeat midnight on Tuesday. Some filling stations have anticipated an influx of customers and are limiting purchases to 40 litres per person. A Shell Garage manager, who did not want to be named, said he had noticed an influx of customers in the morning, many with drums and cans.
“Since this morning, we’ve been busy. I can’t say it’s a normal rush hour compared to other days because everyone wants to fill up before the price hike tonight. We are experiencing a high volume of cars, taxis and private vehicles.
Brenda Maphophe speaks on the effects of the fuel hike on her budget.Video:@ttmbelepic.twitter.com/GsaQyUhIzp “What we have in supply now is petrol, but the diesel is almost finished. Right now, it’s about coming earlier; the earlier, the better. We don’t have any reserve,” he said.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the government announced that as of Wednesday a litre of petrol would cost R3.06 more, while diesel will see a significantly higher hike of between R7.37 and R7.51 a litre. One customer, Sabelo Zikhali from Kagiso on the West Rand, said there wasno petrol availablein his neighbourhood. “We’ve been looking for a place to fill up because stations are limiting how much we can buy.
The increase is hitting us hard because it’s not something we budgeted for,” Zikhali said. Astron Energy Fountain owner Zivan Smith said he started limiting customers to 40 litres last week. “We’ve beenrationing dieselsince last Wednesday because we don’t receive full loads and we don’t want to give everyone too much and run out. We are capping each customer at 40 litres.” Dakalo Nangambi, a motorist, said his family will have to look at cutting back on expenses.
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