South Africa is bracing for a "Black Wednesday" at the pumps this week, as a perfect storm of geopolitical conflict and fiscal adjustments converges to deliver the single largest fuel price increase in the country's history. Effective 1 April 2026, motorists and the logistics sector will be hit with double-digit hikes for diesel and a massive jump for petrol, driven largely by the near-total shutdown of global oil transit through the Middle East. The Global Chokepoint Crisis