Department says work-from-home not policy as fuel hike nears

Des Erasmus

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources said that working from home was not an official response to impending fuel increases, after remarks by a fuel pricing official during a workshop were reported as policy.

The comments were made in response to “a question from the floor during a workshop on fuel pricing mechanisms”, said the department on Wednesday night.

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It said working from home was used only “as an example of one of several possible options” that individuals or organisations might consider to alleviate transport costs.

“It is therefore incorrect to report or interpret the response given during the workshop as an official position or policy proposal of the department or government,” the department said.

The response “was not presented as a directive, recommendation, or policy intervention, but rather as part of a broader discussion