South Africa's Department of Mineral Resource and Energy has uncovered that 70 petrol stations across the country are selling fake diesel to customers. It has been reported that during the period of April and December 2023, the department received 70 failed diesel samples and issued non-compliance notice to all petrol stations found with fake diesel.

The watered-down diesel is allegedly contaminated and mixed with illuminated paraffin. For more on this Thami Ngubeni spoke to Robert Maake, Director for Fuel Pricing at the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy.

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resource and Energy has uncovered that 70 petrol stations across the country are selling fake diesel to customers. It has been reported that during the period of April and December 2023, the department received 70 failed diesel samples and issued non-compliance notice to all petrol stations found with fake diesel.
The watered-down diesel is allegedly contaminated and mixed with illuminated paraffin. For more on this Thami Ngubeni spoke to Robert Maake, Director for Fuel Pricing at the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy.

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70 petrol stations across the country are selling fake diesel in SA

As we wrap up 2024, today we take a look at the outlook prospects for 2025. Thami Ngubeni spoke to an Economist and Quantitative Analyst Hannah de Nobrega at Prescient Investment Management

As we wrap up 2024, today we take a look at the outlook prospects for 2025. Thami Ngubeni spoke to an Economist and Quantitative Analyst Hannah de Nobrega at Prescient Investment Management

2025 Economic Outlook for South Africa 

Lawyers for the Congolese government have filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones.

 According to U.N. experts and human rights groups, some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes,. Apple says it does not directly source primary minerals and says it audits suppliers, publishes findings and funds bodies that seek to improve mineral traceability, but international lawyers representing DRC argue that Apple uses minerals pillaged from DRC and laundered through international supply chains, which they say renders the firm complicit in crimes taking place in DRC.

Thami Ngubeni spoke to Smith Etumba Kashinde who is a former African Union Youth Charter representative for DRC, an expert in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Lawyers for the Congolese government have filed criminal complaints against&nbsp;Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using&nbsp;conflict minerals in its supply chain,&nbsp;Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones.
&nbsp;According to U.N. experts and human rights groups, some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes,. Apple says it does not directly source primary minerals and says it audits suppliers, publishes findings and funds bodies that seek to improve mineral traceability, but international lawyers representing DRC argue that Apple uses minerals pillaged from DRC and laundered through international supply chains, which they say renders the firm complicit in crimes taking place in DRC.
Thami Ngubeni spoke to Smith Etumba Kashinde who is a former African Union Youth Charter representative for DRC, an expert in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Government of DRC takes Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium to court over the use of  conflict minerals in its supply chain

The National Informal Traders Alliance of South Africa has joined calls urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to extend the deadline for informal shops, better known as spaza shops, business registration.

Today marks the final day for spaza shops and food-handling stores to comply with the president's directive, issued in response to recent incidents of alleged food poisoning.

Thami Ngubeni spoke to Rosheda Muller, President of the National Informal Traders Alliance

The National Informal Traders Alliance of South Africa has joined calls urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to extend the deadline for informal shops, better known as spaza shops, business registration.
Today marks the final day for spaza shops and food-handling stores to comply with the president's directive, issued in response to recent incidents of alleged food poisoning.
Thami Ngubeni spoke to Rosheda Muller, President of the National Informal Traders Alliance

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