TechCentralTechCentral
    Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
    TechCentral TechCentral
    NEWSLETTER
    • News

      Audi South Africa to offer free connectivity upgrades

      4 July 2022

      Shock fuel price increase announced

      4 July 2022

      South Africa can no longer rely on Eskom alone

      4 July 2022

      Wiocc’s data centre business, OADC, appoints CEO

      4 July 2022

      Google’s Equiano cable lands in Namibia

      3 July 2022
    • World

      Tether fails to calm jittery nerves

      4 July 2022

      EU to impose wide-ranging new rules on the crypto industry

      3 July 2022

      Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows files for bankruptcy

      3 July 2022

      Meta girds for ‘fierce’ headwinds

      1 July 2022

      Graphics card prices plummet as crypto demand dries up

      30 June 2022
    • In-depth

      The NFT party is over

      30 June 2022

      The great crypto crash: the fallout, and what happens next

      22 June 2022

      Goodbye, Internet Explorer – you really won’t be missed

      19 June 2022

      Oracle’s database dominance threatened by rise of cloud-first rivals

      13 June 2022

      Everything Apple announced at WWDC – in less than 500 words

      7 June 2022
    • Podcasts

      How your organisation can triage its information security risk

      22 June 2022

      Everything PC S01E06 – ‘Apple Silicon’

      15 June 2022

      The youth might just save us

      15 June 2022

      Everything PC S01E05 – ‘Nvidia: The Green Goblin’

      8 June 2022

      Everything PC S01E04 – ‘The story of Intel – part 2’

      1 June 2022
    • Opinion

      Has South Africa’s advertising industry lost its way?

      21 June 2022

      Rob Lith: What Icasa’s spectrum auction means for SA companies

      13 June 2022

      A proposed solution to crypto’s stablecoin problem

      19 May 2022

      From spectrum to roads, why fixing SA’s problems is an uphill battle

      19 April 2022

      How AI is being deployed in the fight against cybercriminals

      8 April 2022
    • Company Hubs
      • 1-grid
      • Altron Document Solutions
      • Amplitude
      • Atvance Intellect
      • Axiz
      • BOATech
      • CallMiner
      • Digital Generation
      • E4
      • ESET
      • Euphoria Telecom
      • IBM
      • Kyocera Document Solutions
      • Microsoft
      • Nutanix
      • One Trust
      • Pinnacle
      • Skybox Security
      • SkyWire
      • Tarsus on Demand
      • Videri Digital
      • Zendesk
    • Sections
      • Banking
      • Broadcasting and Media
      • Cloud computing
      • Consumer electronics
      • Cryptocurrencies
      • Education and skills
      • Energy
      • Fintech
      • Information security
      • Internet and connectivity
      • Internet of Things
      • Investment
      • IT services
      • Motoring and transport
      • Public sector
      • Science
      • Social media
      • Talent and leadership
      • Telecoms
    • Advertise
    TechCentralTechCentral
    Home»News»Twitter fuels Gauteng motorists amid shortages

    Twitter fuels Gauteng motorists amid shortages

    News By Editor14 July 2011
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email

    Internet users provided a list of service stations in SA that had fuel supply on Thursday. The page called #gotpetrol was started on popular social networking site Twitter by Andy Parks.

    The names of services stations with fuel, the street name and city were being tweeted since early morning hours. “Total garage William Nicol JHB near Sandton drive,” wrote Sarah Theron. “Just filled up at Caltex next to Bryanston Shopping Centre (just off Grosvenor). Looks like they only had 93 Unleaded,” said another, Jon Hoehler.

    Tweets were streaming through quickly from various parts of the country. Some users gave their views on the strike by fuel workers, while others cracked jokes about it. “Did u know jhb has a petrol station almost every 2kms … they missing one important thing wait I know FUEL,” tweeted Brenz2011.

    “The strikes have barely started and people already struggling to get petrol. Wonder how long this will last? Anyway, it spells chaos,” wrote Marynamoore.

    Earlier, the Fuel Retailers Association said at least 150 service stations in Gauteng and 50 in KwaZulu-Natal were without fuel by the close of business on Wednesday.

    Chief executive Reggie Sibiya said the strike had crippled the country and was “bleeding businesses”.

    Automobile Association spokesman Gary Ronald said the Twitter feed was useful and well thought out. He said fuel shortages were more widespread than initially anticipated, and spread faster than previous years.

    “I think what has happened now is that the contingency plans by the refineries have not worked as well as they thought they would.”

    This year, motorists listened to the warnings ahead of the strike and had rushed to top up their tanks for the weeks ahead, said Ronald. “If a lot of people did that, the demand of fuel would have increased and supply decreased, and now there is not enough supply available for everybody. This accelerated the shortages. But some stations had refuelled overnight.”

    The 70 000 fuel workers from the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union, the Allied Workers Union, and the General Industries Workers Union of SA downed tools on Monday, demanding a minimum salary of R6 000/month and a 40-hour working week.  — Sapa

    • Image: Chinen Keiya
    • Subscribe to our free daily newsletter
    • Follow us on Twitter or on Facebook
    Twitter
    Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email
    Previous ArticleUnbundling: SA must learn and adapt, says Neotel
    Next Article Telkom reluctant to unbundle the local loop

    Related Posts

    Audi South Africa to offer free connectivity upgrades

    4 July 2022

    Shock fuel price increase announced

    4 July 2022

    South Africa can no longer rely on Eskom alone

    4 July 2022
    Add A Comment

    Comments are closed.

    Promoted

    Presenting the cloud finance in South Africa survey with AWCape and Sage

    4 July 2022

    The Equiano cable has landed

    4 July 2022

    Billetterie simplifies interactions between law firms and clients

    30 June 2022
    Opinion

    Has South Africa’s advertising industry lost its way?

    21 June 2022

    Rob Lith: What Icasa’s spectrum auction means for SA companies

    13 June 2022

    A proposed solution to crypto’s stablecoin problem

    19 May 2022

    Subscribe to Updates

    Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning.

    © 2009 - 2022 NewsCentral Media

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.