This is no April fuels joke

This Tuesday, News24 fielded numerous reports of petrol stations across Mzansi shutting shop and turning away motorists desperate to fill up ahead of the staggering fuel price increases at midnight. Despite government slashing the fuel price levy this April, you and I will still be digging deep to pay an extra more than R3 per litre for petrol, and an eye-watering more than R7 per litre for diesel. Catching up with specialist business journalist Lisa Steyn, she reminds us that among the key reasons we're experiencing a fuel crisis is that there simply aren't enough tanker trucks to ferry fuel to every station. Finally, we look at one of the founders of Islam in the Cape in our regular segment, On This Day in SA History. A special thanks to News24's video journalists for contributing various vox pops for this edition. Comment below and send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note: 072 562 3179. To advertise: thelead@24.com. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer and quality-checked by News24's editors.