🇿🇦⛽️🚜 Global pressures spark diesel shortages and price concerns

Reports from Gauteng, North West, the Free State, Northern Cape, and Western Cape indicate that several petrol stations have run out of 50ppm diesel, with disruptions in key agricultural and transport corridors such as Paarl, Saldanha, Beaufort West, and Swellendam.

While the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has reassured the public that overall fuel availability remains secure, the situation on the ground suggests supply constraints are already reaching end users.

For farmers who rely on diesel for planting, harvesting, and transport, even isolated shortages can have significant consequences.

Industry measures to manage limited supply appear to be contributing to uneven availability. Media reports indicate that fuel companies have introduced controlled allocation systems to prevent stockpiling and ensure fair distribution, but these measures may be causing some service stations to run dry temporarily.

South Africa’s growing reliance on imported refined fuel is increasing the risk. With several local refineries no longer operational, the country is increasingly exposed to global supply chain disruptions. Escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key region for oil, have heightened this vulnerability.

https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/global-pressures-spark-diesel-shortages-and-price-concerns/

🇿🇦⛽️ 60% of farmers have less than 2 weeks of fuel available

In a recent survey by Agri SA, the majority of farmers have less than 2 weeks of fuel in storage. 37% have less than a week's worth available.

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🇺🇸🇿🇦🇫🇷 US threatened to boycott G7 summit in France if South Africa invited: South Africa presidency tells AFP

South Africa no longer invited by France to G7 summit: South African presidency tells AFP

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✡️ Ben Shapiro—after telling his audience for months that bombing Iran wouldn't lead to a wider war, and then claiming the war was just going to be a quick bombing campaign—is now telling Americans to prepare for a long war.

"There is no way to extricate ourselves from this situation right now."

Americans only got "tired" of Vietnam after 50,000 troops died, he says.

"Our" military members are "heroes" because they're willing to "sacrifice" their lives "for a greater good"—a future world where "energy will become cheap again because the Strait of Hormuz will be free again."

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✡️ Shapiro goes on to advocate—once again—for the US to invade Kharg Island and dismisses the threat of American forces suffering "a large number of casualties" as overblown.

🔗 Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews)

🛢 Brent Crude is back to $107 after crashing below $104 when president Trump announced more "peace talks" with Iran.

📝Geiger Capital: Truth Socials ain’t hitting like they used to.

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🛢 WTI Crude is back at $93 after crashing from $94.5 to under $90/barrel after Trump announced a "pause" in strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure.

All it took for the decline to be nearly erased was 40 minutes.

The market is wisening up to the fact its being manipulated. Soon, the market will stop responding to Trump's TruthSocial posts.

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