THE decline in the petrol price last week will have come as a big relief for many motorists. However, the fuel strike has not made it easy to pass on the savings to all motorists.Motorists vented their anger recently at a BP station in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria that was charging a massive R14/l for diesel. The price of diesel is not as regulated as that of petrol.Some even challenged the manager of the fuel station to explain the high price, with one advising on social media that he was told it was to "recover losses" incurred by the fuel strike.In an official response posted on Facebook, the owners of the fuel station refuted that, stating "it was an innocent error that was immediately rectified once the shareholders were made aware of it. Human error and miscommunication was to blame."Motor News spoke with Ian Ferreira, one of the managers in charge of the fuel station in question, who advised that it had been dry for five days as a result of the industrial action and they had be...
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