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            <description><![CDATA[Nigeria's 650 000 bbl/d Dangote oil refinery has a large surplus of jet fuel and can supply the product all over the world, CE David Bird said on Tuesday. With demand on the African continent lower than other regions, the refinery has a surplus to export.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A convergence of geopolitical tensions, higher energy prices and climate risks is reshaping the outlook for agricultural producers, exporters and agribusinesses, thereby creating conditions that will eventually weigh on global agri‑food systems, says trade credit risk management company Coface. Producer price inflation, which had eased prior to the geopolitical shock, is now likely to reverse. Rising fertiliser, fuel and intermediate input costs are expected to place renewed pressure on farm margins and profitability.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron and more than 30 African leaders kicked off a summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at diversifying Paris' partnerships on the continent and clinching new investment deals. The Africa Forward Summit is the first France has organised in an English-speaking nation since it began holding such events in the 1970s and follows a series of setbacks in former colonies in West Africa that have moved to reduce French influence.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amid rising fuel prices and dropping temperatures in South Africa, Engineering News editor Terence Creamer joins me to discuss what issues these developments raise for the energy transition and policy.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Despite the National Treasury and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources' (DMPR's) decision to extend the cut in the fuel levies for petrol and diesel for May, hefty increases of R3.27 a litre for petrol and R6.19 a litre for diesel will be implemented from May 6 as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to impact on global oil prices and domestic fuel prices In a May 4 media release, the DMPR points out that the increases are the result of local and international factors, such as an increase in the average Brent crude oil price.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Eskom’s 8.76% hike in electricity tariffs for the 2026/27 financial year, combined with higher fuel prices, are compromising the food security of South African households by eroding disposable income, says agricultural research organisation the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP). These increases are also expected to impact on food retail prices within the next two to three months.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agricultural organisations AgriSA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have welcomed the extension of the temporary fuel levy relief measures through May and June, saying it provides important short-term cost relief to farmers and consumers amid sustained global oil price volatility. However, they warn that, while necessary, it does not fully offset the deeper structural pressures facing the agricultural sector, particularly fuel availability constraints, rising input costs and the renewed spike in global oil prices linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the South African Canegrowers Association (SA Canegrowers) has welcomed the extension of the reduced fuel levy for another two months. National Treasury and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) on April 28 announced that the reduction in the fuel levy, implemented in early April to help consumers amid a sharp increase in fuel costs as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, would remain in place for now.]]></description>
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            <category>FUEL PRICES</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and its impact on global oil prices and domestic fuel prices, National Treasury and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has announced further price relief measures for May and June. For April, Treasury and the DMPR halved the fuel levy by R3 a litre and have now decided to extend that reduction to June 2. The general fuel levy for petrol will remain at R1.10 a litre until June 2.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>FUEL PRICES</category>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/kenya-tanzania-and-neighbours-discuss-joint-refinery-as-dangote-offers-to-build-it-2026-04-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[East African countries are discussing plans for a joint oil refinery at Tanzania's port of Tanga modelled on Nigeria's Dangote plant, Kenyan President William Ruto said on Thursday. East Africa currently imports all of its refined petroleum products, mainly from the Middle East, leaving the region vulnerable to supply disruptions and price spikes as seen in the fallout of the Iran conflict.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African petrochemical company Sasol has received certification from a German agency for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), paving the way for it to start exports to the European Union, a senior company executive said on Thursday. Sasol's SAF which is produced using cooking oil and vegetable oil at the company's 108,500 barrels per day Natref plant, was granted ISCC Plus sustainability certification from Germany's TUV SUD agency. The agency also certified sustainable chemicals produced at Sasol's sister Secunda complex, Sasol said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is boosting oil-product imports from the US to help replace lost supplies from the Middle East, in another example of how the conflict is reshaping trade and threatening higher costs for consumers. Before the war, Africa’s top oil products importer sourced the bulk of its diesel, petrol and jet fuel from Gulf states — namely Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. But with flows through the key Strait of Hormuz choked off and oil prices now much higher, the nation has been forced to turn elsewhere. At least four tankers unloaded about 165 000 tons of refined fuels from the US this month in Durban, where most of South Africa’s imports land, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show. That’s roughly twice the amount of American crude and fuel imports the country received in January, according to the US Energy Information Administration.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Fuel Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA) has confirmed that fuel imports for the period from April to June will increasingly be sourced from regions outside of the Gulf and that there is also daily monitoring of stock levels and vessel movements to ensure ongoing security of supply. CEO Avhapfani Tshifularo tells Engineering News that various actions are being taken in response to the disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the damage to energy infrastructure in the Gulf region.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Basic Fuel Price formula in focus amid dramatic shift in South Africa’s supply sources</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR), which is now preparing for a prolonged period of fuel supply and pricing pressure as a result of the damage to energy infrastructure during the war in the Middle East, remains confident of ongoing security of supply. However, the department is deeply concerned about the outlook for fuel prices, especially in relation to diesel, and is also urgently reviewing the composition of its Basic Fuel Price (BFP) formula to align it to the new sources of supply that have been secured since the start of the crisis and to address the issues that have given rise to the imposition of diesel surcharges.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and indications that the global energy crisis may be more prolonged than initially hoped, as well as how South Africa might respond to this challenge.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Current conflicts have been a reminder of the fragility of global energy networks, with 30% of the world's supply of oil and gas now shut down due to the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. So highlighted Africa-focused, Dubai-based, financial services group Premier Invest founder and Managing Partner Rene Awambeng, in a video address (from Washington DC) to the African Refiners and Distributors Association conference, at the Century City Conference Centre, in Cape Town.  This shutdown had triggered price fluctuations and supply concerns across global markets. It was having concrete impacts on African countries, ranging from pressures on national budgets and/or on foreign reserves, all the way down to queues at petrol stations.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>Botswana has not requested stake in Lobito refinery, Angola's Sonaref says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned oil firm Sonangol's refinery division Sonaref has not received any formal communication from Botswana signalling its desire to acquire a stake in Angola's new $6.6 billion Lobito refinery, a senior company executive said late on Tuesday. Angola has been seeking partners to help finance the delayed refinery — the country's largest and aimed at cutting its reliance on imported fuel — with financing shortfalls and potential partnerships drawing interest from neighbours.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Vivo Energy converting Durban refinery into fuel storage hub</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Vitol Group’s Vivo Energy is building fuel tanks at a former Durban refinery site to become a leading South African storage hub, buffering the import-dependent nation from oil market shocks. Construction of the $130-million project will result in 300,000 cubic meters of capacity and is set to be completed in the third quarter of 2027, according to George Roberts, an executive vice president at the firm. It will add to the 200,000 cubic meters of capacity being refurbished at the nearby Island View facility.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <title>Adnoc in advanced talks to buy Shell’s South Africa petrol stations</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Shell is in advanced talks with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) to sell its retail fuel stations in South Africa, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Adnoc emerged as the preferred bidder after Shell’s talks with Gunvor Group — one of the world’s biggest independent oil traders — fell through, said the people who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private. An agreement may be reached as early as this quarter, they said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[African industrialisation needs secure energy supply chains. So highlighted African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) executive secretary Anibor Kragha in a concise address to the 2026 ARDA Conference, being held at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. ARDA, which had 80 members, championed African energy security, he affirmed. The new normal for the world today was a series of international political crises, which had nothing to do with Africa, and which were causing countries to prioritise their own interests. ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a Ministerial Task Team to coordinate government’s response to the impact on the cost of living, fuel and food security because of the disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz that have followed the military attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. The task team is being chaired by Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, and includes Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy, Trade, Industry & Competition Minister Parks Tau, International Relations & Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, Electricity & Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Willie Aucamp and Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agriculture representative bodies AgriSA and Agbiz have welcomed the announcement by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe of a R3-a-litre cut in the fuel levy for April. The Ministers announced in a joint statement on March 31 that the R3-a-litre cut in the fuel levy was an immediate intervention that would be implemented in the price structures of petrol and diesel from April 1 to May 5.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is considering lowering the fuel levy to cushion the impact of the Iran war on domestic fuel prices, a senior government official told Reuters. Godongwana will announce his decision on Tuesday before monthly fuel price adjustments take effect on Wednesday, the official said, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.]]></description>
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