Diesel shortages are beginning to surface at petrol stations across South Africa, with multiple sites in several provinces reporting empty pumps, raising fresh concerns as global fuel pressures intensify, reports Cape town Etc .
A widely circulated community alert on Tuesday evening listed numerous fuel stations and depots across the country that had run out of 50ppm diesel, spanning provinces including:
Western Cape
Gauteng
Free State
North West
Northern Cape.
Among the affected Western Cape sites were locations in Bellville South, Paarl, Saldanha, Beaufort West and Swellendam, pointing to disruptions not limited to a single region but spread across key supply corridors:
