Gwede Mantashe warns against panic buying amid rising fuel supply fears
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“Our crude oil is sourced from Africa, not in the Middle East”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm or refute crude oil sourcing locations
“The Strait of Hormuz was allowing cargo ships to come to South Africa without interruption”
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— No evidence in archive to verify cargo ship access through Strait of Hormuz
“Fuel supplies had been secured until the end of April”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm fuel supply status timelines
“South Africa currently had eight million barrels of oil in its strategic reserves”
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— No evidence in archive to verify strategic reserve quantities
“We import crude, we will continue rebuilding Sapref and PetroSA to increase our refining capacity”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm rebuilding plans for Sapref/PetroSA
“There was a 60/40 split, with 60% of refined products imported and 40% processed in SA refineries”
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— No evidence in archive to verify refined product import statistics
“South Africa’s biggest suppliers were Nigeria, Ghana and Angola”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm fuel supplier rankings
“People are holding diesel in anticipation of increased prices, which is illegal”
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— No evidence in archive to verify legality of diesel stockpiling
“Some farmers are only receiving ~20% of their usual monthly diesel allocations”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm farmer diesel allocation levels
“Fuel stations running dry on diesel is a function of logistics supply system”
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— No evidence in archive to verify cause of fuel station shortages
“Urgent measures are needed to prevent price gouging and panic-buying”
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“25% of respondents in a survey do not have immediate access to fuel”
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“There is no cause for concern. There is more than enough fuel in reserve”
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“32% of businesses are aware of specific fuel and service stations experiencing shortages”
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“There have been reports of fuel stations in Caledon experiencing shortages”
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“People are buying fuel in large quantities, including 16,000 litres at a service station”
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“South Africa has reduced the number of its fuel refineries”
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“People are trying to buy fuel before prices are adjusted, which is happening all the time”
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“Fuel price increases will result in higher costs for transporting goods”
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