Petrol strike planned [hoax]

[WhoWhat]

A little birdie on a community group said that a petrol strike is being planned - someone related works in the industry - so take this as it is - third hand information that can't be corroborated but the warning was to family to fill up because .... and the warning was shared. So I'm sharing because if the idea is to cause havoc because people are taken by surprise, let's spoil the surprise.

 

[Johnatan56]

Location?

 

[Binary_Bark]

Please stop shouting, fix your keyboard.


Got a similar message on FB:

Francois Beetge:
So pas bevestig deur Chevron dat SEPPAWU se staking more begin en dat dit Nationaal gaan wees. Almal word gewaarsku om asb julle brandstof volmaak en voorbereiding te tref. Wees eerder voorbereid!!
Dit is bevestig: "Fuel delivery strike" vanaf 27ste (Maandag). Word tans stilgehou om oorlading by petrolstasies te verhoed. Brandstof sal begin skaars word teen Donderdag. Maak jul voertuie vol.

 

[supersunbird]

Please stop shouting, fix your keyboard.


Got a similar message on FB:

So is it starting tomorrow or Monday the 27th? Where can I find this Francois Beetge to tell him he should use his brain...

 

[Binary_Bark]

So is it starting tomorrow or Monday the 27th? Where can I find this Francois Beetge to tell him he should use his brain...

Did not understand most of that, TBH. But it did give a whiff of fake news and trying to spread panic

 

[supersunbird]

Did not understand most of that, TBH. But it did give a whiff of fake news and trying to spread panic

Found this gem on FB while searching for this Beetge moron (havent foudn the right one yet), funny how the words are exactly the same in the first part...

‎Thomas Daniel Venables‎ to Boere Krisis Aksie (B.K.A.)
27 June 2016 ·

So pas bevestig deur Chevron dat SEPPAWU se staking more begin en dat dit Nationaal gaan wees. Almal word gewaarsku om asb julle brandstof volmaak en voorbereiding te tref. Wees eerder voorbereid!!

 

[Binary_Bark]

Found this gem on FB while searching for this Beetge moron (havent foudn the right one yet), funny how the words are exactly the same in the first part...

Well, proves my point of this being fake news and trying to spread panic, just like that "People planning something menacing in JHB" thread of earlier

 

[WhoWhat]

Well I got the message via a whatsapp group - apparently from someone's father who is in the industry - as I said - take it as the third hand unverified information that it is.

If there is corroboration or proof of being fake it's all good either way.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

I'm in the industry, haven't heard a thing.

 

[FiestaST]

*cough* fake *cough*

 

[WhoWhat]

*cough* fake *cough*

Then I'm glad. total BS trying to bring the country to a halt. what for?

 

[Hamster]

*cough* fake *cough*

I got too and immediately ignored it as fake, but them I remember a year or two ago a message like this did the rounds and it actually happened (whether or not it was the message that gave them the idea to strike is a different question that needs investigating).

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Then I'm glad. total BS trying to bring the country to a halt. what for?

What did the psychics say?

 

[Azbubu]

Oh man, fuel strike on the 27th, UHURU test run on the 6th, I'm going to have a busy few days coming up.

Btw how's Desmond Tutu doing with those matches?

 

[Messugga]

Got this one last night:
Inside info:MAAK JULLE KARRE VOL PETROL VOOR MAANDAGoGGEND.... petrolstrike oppad. Word stilgehou soos die vragmotorstrike en vanoggend se taxistrike sodat mense nie vooraf daarvan weet en alternatiewe reelings kan maak nie. Wil almal lamlê. Die rede hoekom ek dit weet: my pa werk met petrolaflewering vir Necsa en hy is gewaarsku dat dit kom.

Now what the Nuclear Energy Corporation guys have to do with petrol, I'd like explained.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Got this one last night:
Inside info:MAAK JULLE KARRE VOL PETROL VOOR MAANDAGoGGEND.... petrolstrike oppad. Word stilgehou soos die vragmotorstrike en vanoggend se taxistrike sodat mense nie vooraf daarvan weet en alternatiewe reelings kan maak nie. Wil almal lamlê. Die rede hoekom ek dit weet: my pa werk met petrolaflewering vir Necsa en hy is gewaarsku dat dit kom.

Now what the Nuclear Energy Corporation guys have to do with petrol, I'd like explained.

*staking

 

[PhireSide]

Agree with sugarman. "Brandstofstaking" just rolls off the tongue so much easier

 

[yebocan]

Oh man, fuel strike on the 27th, UHURU test run on the 6th, I'm going to have a busy few days coming up.

Btw how's Desmond Tutu doing with those matches?

Well spotted....

 

[WhoWhat]

Got this one last night:
Inside info:MAAK JULLE KARRE VOL PETROL VOOR MAANDAGoGGEND.... petrolstrike oppad. Word stilgehou soos die vragmotorstrike en vanoggend se taxistrike sodat mense nie vooraf daarvan weet en alternatiewe reelings kan maak nie. Wil almal lamlê. Die rede hoekom ek dit weet: my pa werk met petrolaflewering vir Necsa en hy is gewaarsku dat dit kom.

Now what the Nuclear Energy Corporation guys have to do with petrol, I'd like explained.

The one I saw was similar wording to this, not the exact same but similar. SIGH. I got caught.

 

[WhoWhat]

Well spotted....

My reply to both of you is unprintable. Grow up. Try not assuming things, it is astonishing how much embarrassment that will save you.