·31 Mar 2026
Many filling stations across South Africa have run out of petrol and diesel ahead of the big price increases on 1 April 2026.
On Tuesday, 31 March 2026, the Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources published the official fuel price adjustments.
Following the United States’ initiation of war against Iran on 28 February 2026 in “Operation Epic Fury”, escalations in the Middle East threw markets into chaos.
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do improbable work.
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa in size is three times the size of Texas and five times the size of Japan.