Times Of Swaziland: LONG QUEUES, PETROL RUNS OUT AT SOME STATIONS

LONG QUEUES, PETROL RUNS OUT AT SOME STATIONS
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BY SABELO MAJOLA on 04/07/2021 17:07:00


MBABANE – Long queues are a common sight  in town these days and it is not
just people at grocery shops or banks but cars at filling stations too.
A queue reaching the stop sign closer to the Ministry of Finance leading to the
Engen Filling Station was observed  on Friday. However, people carrying
containers also cramped the filling station to get their containers filled. Some
of the motorists were seen filling their cars using the containers next to the
filling stations. Some of the filling stations had signs which advised motorists
that there was only diesel available and petrol was out of stock others were not
operating at all as there was no fuel available.
The fuel shortage was caused mainly by lack of supply due to the violent 
protests which turned into looting and vandalising  of properties in the country
made it hard for fuel retailers to get supply from their suppliers.
This is the second time the country has been hit by a fuel crisis as the same
happened a few months back and one of the reasons was the burning of a fuel
depot in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, among other things, resulting to
government services being disrupted in the process.  This included ambulances
being grounded and police vehicles failing to reach out to emergencies.