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Integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol is opening a business centre to support emerging small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) in the Secunda region in Mpumalanga. The facility is located in an easily accessible area at the Grand Palace building in Secunda town. The official opening will take place...

Johannesburg, South Africa – Sasol today announced the appointment of Priscillah Mabelane as Executive Vice President: Energy Business, effective 1 September 2020. She will also serve as a member of Sasol’s Group Executive Committee (GEC). Mabelane, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joins Sasol from BP Southern Africa (BPSA), where she was the...

Sasol is not divesting its downstream fuel retail business as part of its ongoing asset disposal process. “While Sasol is in the process of reviewing opportunities in this regard, it is important to note that we remain committed to our strategy, which includes growing our fuel retail presence in South...

In order to help alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown on indigent households, Eskom today launched its communication campaign aimed at raising awareness of the longstanding Free Basic Electricity (FBE) programme, which is targeted at giving limited free electricity to indigent households. Qualifying households, in terms of the...

Anglo American’s Coal SA subsidiary recently unveiled a state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing laboratory at its Highveld Hospital in eMalahleni, which will allow the hospital to test employees, contractors and the broader community who show signs of the virus. The laboratory, which was set up within a week, is fully equipped with...

Curro Secunda is focusing on e-learning and assisting our learners to make the most of the lockdown period and keep up to date with their schoolwork. Through the schools e-learning initiative, teachers are able to teach their classes and keep up to date with the Curro curriculum. “Even though it is...

The following is a press released received from Sasol: Johannesburg, South Africa –AngloGold Ashanti, Sasol and Imperial have created a partnership to protect frontline medical staff and patients at four major Gauteng state hospitals by providing bulk supplies of hand sanitiser at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic, Charlotte Maxeke Academic, Helen...

Today marks the three-week mark of the lockdown. Another two weeks to go! A few rules have been amended for the second phase of the nationwide lockdown, announced co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Alcohol and cigarettes are still banned and the rule of no alcohol is allowed to be transported has...

The following is a press release from the Marketing and Communications Section of GMM. The Govan Mbeki Municipality is hereby informing all residents that the pay point offices will be open with effect from Thursday, 16 April 2020. The GMM pay point offices will be open from Mondays to Fridays from...

The following is a press release from the SAPS. The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has applauded police for their swift response in arresting a 30-year-old man who stabbed and killed a 27-year-old woman earlier on Tuesday, 14 April, at Buyisonto...