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Inside the ‘African quality’ fuel scandal

European ports are being used as trading hubs for fuel that is too dirty – and dangerous – to be sold in the EU. No prizes for guessing where it ends up instead

Marian Ansah
Steven Vanden Bussche
Bram Logger

5 min read

The appellate court said the Strategic Fuel Fund tried to play the victim when it was the author of the tainted sale of the country’s entire crude oil reserves. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

CENTRAL ENERGY FUND

14 APR 2022

Fuel fund loses appeal on refunding buyers of South Africa’s oil reserves

The appellate court said the Strategic Fuel Fund tried to play the victim when it was the author of the tainted sale of the country’s entire crude oil reserves

Emsie Ferreira

5 min read