Jet fuel shortage on the cards for South African airports

• South African airlines are making contingency plans for a potential jet-fuel shortage due to problems at a Sasol refinery.
• The disruption follows planned maintenance at the Natref refinery, which is South Africa's only inland crude-oil refinery, and is compounded by a technical problem.
• The jet-fuel shortage affects not only South Africa but also Namibia, where airlines are rerouting flights due to a contaminated cargo, and the global supply chain remains constrained due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.