FUEL SHOCK: ‘It was either that or no petrol’ – department explains Nelson Mandela Bay’s petrol price woes

The Department of Minerals and Energy had to choose between excluding Nelson Mandela Bay from the petrol price cuts or facing the risk that the metro would run out of petrol and people would have to drive 280km to fill up their vehicles. In another shock, the department said the price of paraffin would also be negatively affected in the metro.