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The proposed sale is part of Shell’s broader strategy to streamline its global portfolio and focus on higher-margin operations, as major oil companies recalibrate amid volatile energy markets and geopolitical pressures.
ADNOC

UAE targets Shell’s 600 SA petrol stations in $1bn deal

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is in advanced talks to acquire Shell’s South African downstream assets. The deal could reshape the country’s fuel retail sector and deepen…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Jerome Ngwenya, who heads up the Ingonyama Trust Board. (Bayede News)
INGONYAMA TRUST

Ingonyama boss’s rent debt rises

Tenants in arrears are being evicted, but no action has been taken against the board’s chairperson

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
School children at the site of the KAT-7 radio telescope in Carnarvon
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

The fuel price is set to be as cheap as it was in 2012 because of the rand’s strength

The currency is much weaker than it was then, but crude was more than double its current value.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
The cost of petrol will fall by more than 60 cents a litre, while diesel users will benefit from reductions of up to R1.50 a litre. . (Oupa Nkosi)
PETROL ATTENDANTS STRIKE

Petrol pump attendants have a rough ride

They are an anomaly in most countries, but about 80 000 people in South Africa are employed as attendants at petrol stations.

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
Motorists can expect relief at the fuel pumps in October, with the price of all grades of petrol and diesel set to decrease from Wednesday
NUMSA

Petrol attendants set to strike

More workers in the motor industry, including petrol attendants affiliated to Numsa, will down tools next week.

  • Sapa
1 min read
FIONA ZERBST

Still paying cash for petrol? Use your card

Using a debit card — or any other card — could be safer than carrying cash.

  • Fiona Zerbst
1 min read
PETROL

Fill up at a Pick n Pay service station

Pick n Pay and BP have combined forces in a pilot programme set to change the face of petroleum retailing and convenience shopping in South Africa.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
FUEL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION

Rising costs, crime may shut petrol stations at night

Petrol stations need to close shop at night, otherwise up to 15% will shut down before year-end, the Fuel Retailers’ Association warned on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read