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As the fuel retailers industry manoeuvres through an ever-changing landscape, the Fuel Retailers Association will once again host their ‘Unity in Action - Changing Landscape’ Conference on the 18th & 19th September 2019 alongside the important Automechanika Trade Show at Expo Centre in Johannesburg - South Africa’s leading international trade fair for the Automotive Industry, targeting visitors from the sub-Saharan region.

Some consumers choose to move around without cash and would prefer to swipe for a transaction, but what happens when you would like to tip a petrol attendant?

Fuel retailers have expressed frustration over the Department of Energy delaying the release of the new fuel price adjustments. The price changes at midnight Tuesday. However, the department made the announcement hours before the price can be effected.

With the South African energy sector undergoing significant change, particularly with the introduction of the Liquid Petroleum Sector Codes currently under way, PetroConnect directors Mark Harper and Sbonelo Mbatha have called on the fuel industry to “see transformation as an opportunity and not a threat”.

The government’s decision to increase the price of petrol by 5c instead of 25c cost the state R500m, now prices will remain unchanged rather than decreasing.