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Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. 28 October 2025. Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competion, 28 October 2025. Chairperson of the Economic Intervention Forum of South Africa(EIFSA) and newly formed Energy Producers and Traders Collective (EPTC) Association Zakhele Madela in his parliamentry submission details how the Section 79(1) directive issued by the Department of Transport derails transformation and negatively impacts black oil traders in the liquid fuels sector.
Accessed via: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wt-iT759ZHI?si=iJw-iyL4OMRzGl9S&t=3688
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. 28 November 2025. Joint Meeting: Committee on Trade, Transport, Minerals, Electricity, Energy, 28 November 2025. Chairperson of the Energy Producers and Traders Collective (EPTC) Association refutes claims that black oil wholesalers do not have the technical expertise or balance sheet neccessarry to successfully utalise the bulk liquid fuel storage at the Island View Terminal.
Accessed via: https://www.youtube.com/live/tIHVWwD5D58?si=OsvWDcz1Sdh28ky6&t=16180
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. 27 February 2025. Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry, and Competition, 27 February 2026. The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition tables its recommendations in a draft report before it is forwarded to the Executive.
Accessed via:https://www.youtube.com/live/SG_IDo7Mgrc?si=il0wf5VCvm2UaVj6&t=7340
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Princy Mthombeni. 4 December 2025. South Africa's Fuel Storage System Policy Explained. Communications Specialist Princess Mthombeni weighs in on the Island View Terminal, Terminal Operator Agreement [lease] renewals of 10 international major oil companies by the Minister of Transport for another 25 years through a section 79(1) directive and how this will result in the continuation of the exclusion of black traders who have historically had limited access to the Island View Precinct.
Accessed via: https://www.tiktok.com/@princymthombeni/video/7580017010050960658is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Princy Mthombeni. 9 December 2025. Who Controls SA's Fuel Supply And Its Impact?. Princess Mthombeni delves into how the renewal of the Island View Terminal, Terminal Operator Agreements of international major oil companies by the Minister of Transport for another 25 years compromises South Africa's energy sovereignty.
Accessed via: https://www.tiktok.com/@princymthombeni/video/7581722920737606920is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Princy Mthombeni. 1 January 2026. Ambrose Park. Princess Mthombeni bemoans yet another transformation project deferred at Ambrose Park, which is adjacent to the Island View Precinct. Ambrose Park is a 74-hectare industrial precinct located in the Bayhead area of the Port of Durban. The abandoned site created for the development of bulk liquid fuel storage to support and expand on the existing Island View Terminal capacity. Ambrose Park was also set aside to for historically excluded black traders so they could gain access to liquid bulk fuel storage facilities, in an effort to transform the liquid fuels industry which remains in the hands of foreign white owned oil major companies.
Accessed via: https://www.tiktok.com/@princymthombeni/video/7594448424611728648?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Articles
22 October 2025
Has "national interest" locked out local opportunity in Transnet's Island View..??
by Hariesh Manaadiar
Manaadiar, H. 22 October 2025. Has "national interest" locked out out local interest opportunity in Transnet's Island View..??. In this article journalist Hariesh Manaadiar questions whether or not it is truely in South Africa's interest to renew the leases of major oil companies at the Island View Terminal, delay transformation and continue to allow foreign owned major oil companies to have a monopoly on South Africa's oil industry.
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https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/has-national-interest-locked-out-local-opportunity-in-transnets-island-view/
13 January 2026
Ambrose Park A Missed Opportunity for Economic Transformation
by Princy Mthombeni
22 December 2025
South Africa Cannot Afford Another 25 Years of Exclusion at Island View Terminal
by Zakhele Madela
Mthombeni, P. 13 January 2025. Ambrose Park: A Missed Opportunity for Economic Transformation. Energy communications specialist Princess Mthombeni calculates the true cost of delay. She details the loss of potential revenue , job creation opportunities and infrastructure development that South Africa has forgone due to the arrested development of the liquid bulk storage facility Ambrose Park.
Accessed via:
https://businessexplainer.co.za/economy/2026/01/13/ambrose-park-a-missed-opportunity-for-economic-transformation/
Madela, Z. 22 December 2025. South Africa Cannot Afford Another 25 Years of Exclusion at Island View Terminal. In this opinion piece written for Business explainer Zakhele Madela details why the Island View Terminal (IVT), South Africa’s primary fuel storage hub, is currently at the centre of a dispute following a Section 79 Directive that grants multinational oil majors a 25-year lease renewal. Madela explains why potentially extending the oil majors "uninterrupted control" to 91 years will affect over 50 black owned companies and argues that this renewal process lacks transparency and effectively excludes Black-owned operators from gaining genuine operational control or access to critical energy infrastructure. To address these concerns, Madela states that stakeholders are calling for the directive to be amended to guarantee at least 25% of IVT capacity for transformation entities and strategic state users to ensure national fuel security and inclusive growth.
Accessed via:
https://businessexplainer.co.za/opinion/2025/12/22/south-africa-cannot-afford-another-25-years-of-exclusion-at-island-view-terminal/
1o November 2025
Parliament revisits Island View Terminal lease controversy while some call for reversal of the Section 79 Directive
by Colleen Jacka
Jacka, C. 10 November 2025. Parliament revisits Island View Terminal lease controversy while some call for reversal of the Section 79 Directive. In this article Colleen Jacka highlights the flouted process in which the Section 79(1) directive was issued the Minister of Transport Barbra Creecy.
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/parliament-revisits-island-view-terminal-lease-kkd3f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=guest_desktop&utm_campaign=copy
29 October 2025
BEE COMPANIES CHALLENGE SECTION 79 DIRECTIVE OVER FUEL STORAGE LEASES, CITING EXCLUSION AND LACK OF CONSULTATION
by Sakhile Mokoena
Mokoena, S. 29 October 2025. BEE Companies Challenge Section 79 Directive over Fuel Storage Leases, Citing Exclusion and Lack of Consultation. In this article written for parliament.gov.za news writer Sakhile Mokoena writes about the poor consultation process conducted by the Ministry of Transport before issuing the Section 79(1) directive which resulted in numerous complaints to parliaments by black traders who have been waiting for the Island View Terminal leases to expire so that they too can gain greater access to the terminal.
Accessed via:
https://www.parliament.gov.za/news/bee-companies-challenge-section-79-directive-over-fuel-storage-leases-citing-exclusion-and-lack-consultation
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