Petrol and Diesel stations are providing full service to all South Africans during lockdown. The industry is fully operating although customers are not the same as before as a lot of people are not using their cars during lockdown. Petrol and Diesel are provided for all people who will be using their vehicles during lockdown.
Shell is providing its clients with full service around the country and the employees of the company are safe from retrenchments as other industries are retrenching workers this time of the pandemic due to lack of funds to continue with business. The company has given its workers surety that their jobs are safe as there were rumours that some might be retrenched as the number of vehicles using petrol and diesel has decreased due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Caltex are offering the same service during thus time of the pandemic and it has been reported that the company has managed to operate normally and no loss reported in the company. Employees of Caltex will receive their annual bonuses and salary increase in 2020 as the company is making sure they take of their employees who helped grow the company under all kind of circumstances.
BP has announced that they will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by 5 cents per litre to help South Africans during the coronavirus pandemic. The company is said to have managed to hold on to their best employees during lockdown as they operate mainly in big cities where business is not as slow as in the small towns and rural areas. BP is offering their best services during lockdown and making sure everyone is safe.
Total has managed to train all their employees of safety measures in the country and also most of their employees have first aid training. The company has announced that all their employees will be tested as they face new clients on a daily basis who come to their premises for petrol and diesel. The employees were given a guarantee that their jobs are safe and nothing will happen to their salaries as the company is stable during lockdown.
The independent petrol and diesel service producers were all briefed by the department of energy to make sure that they follow regulations set by government to protect employees and clients during the lockdown period. All independents petrol and diesel sellers are required to record all transactions happening at their premises and possibly the names of clients who buy from them as to make sure that should one of the employees contract the virus then most of people could be traced.
