Paul Nyathi|Fuel queues returned to haunt motorists in almost all major urban centres in the country raising fears that the government intends to short supply the product in order to raise the price once again.

Filling stations throughout the country ran out of diesel on Friday and into the weekend with petrol running out in most areas late Sunday evening into Monday morning.

In response government has issued an apology claiming that an administrative error led to the fuel shortages.

In an official Twitter message, the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting  said the situation has since been rectified.

However by late Monday afternoon, the situation in most filling stations had not improved with some fuel stations only receiving deliveries for diesel.

Despite the government’s reassurance the online reaction to this “logistical glitch” was generally of disbelief, with many accusing the government of failing to normalise the fuel supply challenge.