{"id":30130,"date":"2026-03-27T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30130"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:18:34","slug":"sa-motorists-facing-deep-frustration-as-fuel-prices-increase","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-motorists-facing-deep-frustration-as-fuel-prices-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"SA motorists facing deep frustration as fuel prices increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) motorists are facing a period of deep frustration as fuel prices are projected to increase substantially from next month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has triggered global uncertainty with the fallout likely to place further pressure on fuel prices in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Government meanwhile has warned against panic buying amid fuel supply fears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">It is not looking good for motorists as a massive fuel price hike is set to kick in next month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">There have been incidents of panic buying and scattered diesel shortages being reported despite government assurances that supply remains stable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Motorists are expected to flood filling stations in the coming days with many concerned about a prolonged war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zS8sxoE1bgQ?si=cNO0m-n7oT_DtC4r\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14477,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-30130","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA fuel prices are projected to increase","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30131,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30130\/revisions\/30131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}