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Illegal fuel retail is a problem - DMRE
By Given Majola
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DURBAN - The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) yesterday confirmed that non-compliance with the Petroleum Products Act (PPA) was rampant in the countryâs fuel retailing sector, but it was collaborating with petroleum industry stakeholders to enforce the law.
The Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa (FRA) has said that it was seeing an alarming growth in illegal fuel trading, which was impacting fuel retailers, already struggling with the disruption caused by Covid-19.
The department said it had received reports of non-compliance with the PPA or of illegal and illicit fuel trading that manifested in various forms, including some wholesalers operating as retailers (dual operations), sites being developed without a licence and/or operating without a licence, the sale of inferior-quality petrol and diesel, the sale of ULP 93 at the price of ULP 95 to unsuspecting retailers and motorists (par
The future of fuel retailing is bleak if the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy does not take drastic and immediate action to curb illegal fuel trading from wholesalers, the Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa said. Picture: Jacques Naude/African News Agency (ANA)
Fuel retailers say outlook is bleak
By Given Majola
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DURBAN - THE FUTURE of fuel retailing is bleak if the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy does not take drastic and immediate action to curb illegal fuel trading from wholesalers, the Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa (FRA) said.
FRA chief executive Reggie Sibiya said in an interview that the alarming growth in illegal trading and conditional selling was a major concern, as wholesalers that were trading illegally were taking away volumes from fuel retailers.