{"id":60188,"date":"2024-01-27T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff"},"modified":"2024-01-27T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:10:47","slug":"dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers in South Africa, says it supports any measures to investigate reported cases of \u2018watered-down\u2019 diesel in the country.<\/p>\n

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy this week announced that it has its sights on companies \u2013 particularly retailers \u2013 that have been selling \u201cadulterated\u201d diesel in attempts to cut costs and evade tax.<\/p>\n

This comes after the department found that 70 out of 1000 samples it had taken from service stations across the country showed results of \u2018watered-down\u2019 diesel \u2013 a mix of diesel and illuminating paraffin.<\/p>\n

Lebo Ramolahloane, Vice Chairman of SAPRA, said that compliance is \u201cabsolutely key\u201d to preventing these practices from continuing and commended the work of DMRE to identify these non-compliant operators.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuel adulteration is definitely not a new problem, however, and one of the reasons SAPRA, together with other key stakeholders in the sector, initially set up a Petroleum Compliance Forum in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts intention was to bring back some level of reform to the petroleum malpractices underway, which inadvertently erode compliant business margins, taxes to the fiscus and impacts the integrity of consumer vehicles to perform optimally on South African Roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

SAPRA launched a whistleblower hotline in 2018 and said this has been extremely successful in reporting illicit trade and transport, leading to fines, penalties and suspensions.<\/p>\n

Ramaolahloane said unscrupulous operators know that the situation is very difficult to monitor, and both the DMRE and SARS simply do not have enough inspectors on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a retail perspective, it is also very difficult to monitor as the mixing happens at depot level before it reaches our retail filling stations.\u201d<\/p>\n

He did, however, confirm that SAPRA members adhere to a very strict code of conduct and in the event there is a problem, motorists can immediately visit the SAPRA website and report any suspicions on their whistleblower hotline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not hesitate to investigate and, if found guilty, take immediate action against that member in addition to any of the other punitive clauses imposed against them by statutory bodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnsuspecting consumers are losing money from engine damage while the economy is losing billions in lost revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group cautioned South African consumers to be \u201cextremely wary\u201d of buying cheap diesel in the country.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers in South Africa, says it supports any measures to investigate reported cases of \u2018watered-down\u2019 diesel in the country. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy this week announced that it has its sights on companies \u2013 particularly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-60188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\",\"name\":\"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff - South Africa","description":"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff","og_description":"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff","datePublished":"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff"},"wordCount":401,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff","name":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-27T15:28:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-27T16:10:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), which represents the interest of various petroleum retailers ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/01\/sm_1706359082.561321.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirty-diesel-in-south-africa-petrol-stations-say-skip-the-cheap-stuff#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Dirty diesel\u2019 in South Africa \u2013 petrol stations say skip the cheap stuff"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}