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Bloomberg reports that service stations have been hit with fuel shortages due to the petroleum sector strike that started 28 July, even as an upcoming drop in retail prices could spur even more demand.
Avhapfani Tshifularo of the SA Petroleum Industry Association advised: "There are service stations especially in the Gauteng province that are short of some fuel grades. Deliveries are delayed due to the strike, but refineries are continuing to produce petroleum products." There’s been little movement in negotiations between labor and industry since more than 20,000 members of the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu) declared a strike to meet demands of a 9% pay rise and a minimum basic monthly wage of R8,000. Companies including Sasol, Engen, Chevron and Total are offering 7%. No meetings have been planned with the union, the National Petroleum Employers’ Association’s Zimisele Majamane said
- Read this report by Paul Burkhardt in full at Business Report
- See too, Petrol strike: Refineries operational but pumps running dry, at Fin24
- And also, Fuel strike: ‘Some drivers threatened’, at Business Report
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