Many South Africans woke up on Tuesday morning hoping that the worst of April Fool’s Day would be them, but it turned out that the government still had one last joke to play as fuel costs were about to rise.
Specifically, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) indicated that gas will be 65 cents and 67 cents more per liter for 93 LRP and 95 LRP respectively as of April 3.
Other notable occasions in this morning’s SPEEDRUN roundup include a scenario that helps keep getting worse at one of the fintechs tasked with distributing the NSFAS budget to students, an elaborate Facebook phishing scam that nearly got us, and a review of Honor’s first foldable unveiled. in South Africa: the Magic. V2.
We also spoke to leaders of 4 local SMEs, as it has been 4 years since the first lockdown imposed in South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked them how companies have been replacing themselves in recent years and what they have learned from the experience. .
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