amaBhungane: How armed gangs steal millions worth of fuel from buried Transnet pipelines
Transnet lost 8.5 million litres of fuel valued at R102 million in the 2019/20 financial year alone.
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Transnet lost 8.5 million litres of fuel valued at R102 million in the 2019/20 financial year alone.
While fuel prices soar, South Africa loses millions of litres each year to sophisticated gangs of petrol thieves. We visit Vrede, a town at the centre of the fuel theft racket, to learn how these syndicates terrorise farmworkers and why this war will be very difficult to win.
Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned logistics company, has been experiencing significant operational disruptions due to several challenges; the most critical has been the ongoing theft of rail infrastructure.