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25 Jul 2022 - by Staff reporter
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Our top story was the current fuel smuggling in Zimbabwe which has become so rife; the country’s revenue authority, Zimra, is checking each and every Hazchem load passing through the Chirundu border into Zambia.

Read our top story here: https://tinyurl.com/yck2trbc

Second on the list was news that all commercial diving in the ports of Durban and Richards Bay has ground to a halt and several commercial diving operations have relocated from the Port of Durban. Find out more here: https://tinyurl.com/6hsdpt2z

Sasol declaring a force majeure on refining operations, which will lead to higher fuel imports, was third on the charts: https://tinyurl.com/yudsp9nv

Port congestion hitting a new peak came in fourth: https://tinyurl.com/4af928h2

The SA Reserve Bank hiking the interest rate also attracted a lot of reader interest. Read the story here: https://tinyurl.com/4vzc5ces

Rounding off the list was our article about Transnet’s plan to fix truck congestion at the Port of Durban. Find more here: https://tinyurl.com/mdtt2dk

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