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Parliament intensifies scrutiny of Sasol
Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
Ramaphosa raises SA investment target to R3 trillion as Sasol pledges R60bn
Ramaphosa has raised South Africa’s investment target to R3 trillion after nearly R890 billion in pledges at this year’s investment conference, with Sasol’s R60 billion…
Residents mull source of pong
People have been reporting strong sulphur odours causing headaches and eye irritation. The city is monitoring air quality while authorities investigate potential Highveld emissions
‘I want my life back and I will have justice’ – Sasol whistleblower
The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has finalised its criminal investigation into the petrochemical company’s alleged industrial pollution of the Vaal River.
Sasol on ‘rollercoaster’ ride to a green future
Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.
‘It’s absolutely terrifying to be a whistleblower in Sasol’
A criminal investigation into the petrol giant is under way based on Ian Erasmus’s evidence that the company allegedly polluted the Vaal with hazardous chemicals
Coal industry under increasing pressure to focus on a just transition
As investors ditch fossil fuels, environmental lobby groups are using advocacy and litigation to force SA’s biggest polluters to change their ways
Sasol plant to be investigated for the air pollution blanketing Gauteng
Environment department confirms it is inspecting Secunda, with the petrochemical plant operating under ‘stressed conditions’
Motorists won’t share Sasol’s pain
Solidarity says its go-slow will cost the company millions without jeopardising essential fuel supplies
Solidarity plans for three-week Sasol strike over share scheme
Industrial action will start on Monday, but not all Solidarity members will down tools at the same time
Eskom’s soaring energy costs questioned
South Africa is waiting anxiously to hear what Eskom’s latest round of tariff hikes will be.
Mbeki gets tough in troubled municipality
Municipal councils, ward councillors and committees must work together to ensure that problems experienced by the people of the Gert Sibande district municipality in Mpumalanga…
Vabaza holds on to WBA title
South Africa’s southpaw fighter Gabula Vabaza successfully defended his WBA super-bantam title when he outpointed his Ghanaian challenger Anyetei Laryea during their title…
Three to appear in court over child rapes
Two men and a boy were due to appear in Mpumalanga courts on Monday on charges of raping two girls in separate incidents over the weekend, police said. In the first incident, a…
Another fatal accident at Sasol plant
A man died in an accident in an operation run by a contractor at Sasol’s Secunda plant in Mpumalanga on Tuesday morning. The employee of a company called Fluor was working in the…