{"id":30148,"date":"2026-03-27T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30148"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:44:55","slug":"alleged-fuel-shortages-in-sa-raise-concerns-ahead-of-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/alleged-fuel-shortages-in-sa-raise-concerns-ahead-of-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged fuel shortages in SA raise concerns ahead of price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Motorists across South Africa (SA) are being urged to stay alert as allegations emerge that some fuel stations are deliberately running dry ahead of a looming price hike expected next week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Economist Dawie Roodt has warned that stockpiling fuel to exploit a projected increase of around R9 ($0,53) per litre could amount to unethical and potentially illegal conduct.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Authorities are calling on consumers to report suspicious \u201cno stock\u201d claims as pressure mounts on retailers accused of profiteering.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The developments raise fresh concerns about transparency and accountability in the country\u2019s fuel supply chain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Director and Chief Economist of the Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, explains, \u201cSome of the fuel stations say they ran out of fuel, but they are actually holding fuel in anticipation of a higher petrol price, or a higher diesel price, for example. So, that certainly is possible. And so, is it right for them to do this? In some cases, it\u2019s completely legal, and I think in most cases it\u2019s completely illegal. So, there\u2019s no legal objection to this. There could be a moral objection to this.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-30148","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Authorities are calling on consumers to report suspicious \u201cno stock\u201d claims.","published_date":"","news_description":"Authorities are calling on consumers to report suspicious \u201cno stock\u201d claims.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30148","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\/30148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30149,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30148\/revisions\/30149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}