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Scope and Overview of Sasol in Society
Global summary: some
highlights for the year
1. STEM education excellence
South Africa
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Contributed to the expansion of access to quality early learning opportunities. Over 272 Centres, 964 practitioners
and 15 184 children benefitted from our Early Childhood Education programme.
We have donated 19 mobile science labs to support science education since 2014 to universities, science Centres
and schools. Three of these were donated this year.
Over 4 800 learners from 61 schools participated in the Sasol Energy Innovation Schools Challenge.
Hosted the first ever virtual Sasol TechnoX, attracting over 36 000 learners.
Hosted the annual Technical Teachers Conference virtually, with 1 100 educators participating.
Collaborated with the Gauteng North District’s Department of Education to install internet infrastructure at six schools
to enable access to online learning.
Implemented an innovative lecturer capacity-building programme for 150 TVET college lecturers, combining virtual
training and practical workshops to enhance trade skills.
Pioneered the Sasol TVET Bursary programme with Eskom which fosters educational opportunities as an outcome
of commercial engagement.
Mozambique
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Delivered 400 desks in several schools located in the Govuro and Inhassoro district to improve learning conditions.
The inauguration of the Inhassoro Training Centre took place in November 2022.
North America and Eurasia
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Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Lonestar programme facilitates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships
between Sasol employee volunteers based in Houston, Texas and students at our Partner
in Education school, Emerson Elementary. Approximately 80% of our mentors for this programme are women.
30 employees and elementary students were connected through the BBBS mentorship programme, boasting a 30%
increase compared to the 2022 financial year.
Dual-language opportunities continue to boost mentee involvement, showcasing examples of career success
for diverse backgrounds.
Supported five school-wide STEM engagements at Partner in Education schools across the region, connecting over
800 students to STEM-enrichment activities.
Multiple STEM-related mentorship sessions was hosted to introduce elementary students to STEM careers at an early age.
Over 500 Grades 2 – 5 students in 20 classrooms engaged through the Chemical Education Foundation.
The Chemical Education Foundation provided science project kits, impacting 11 classrooms in Grades 2 – 5
at Emerson Elementary.
2. Bridge to work skills and employability programmes
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Iphepe successfully trained and mentored 202 people in agricultural skills, livestock, vegetable and poultry production.
10 local youth were trained on a NQF Level 4 Production Learnership at Ekandustria Operations. The training provided the
unemployed youth an opportunity to gain work experience and earn an income while studying towards a qualification.
34 traffic point duty officers were recruited to improve community safety in Secunda, eMbalenhle, Kinross, Bethal,
Trichardt, Evander and Charl Cilliers.
We collaborated with the Small Enterprise Development Agency to showcase more than 40 entrepreneurs from
KwaZulu-Natal at a pop-up market.
42 welders completed structural welding training and 12 welders completed a Tungsten Inert Gas module.
19 young people from Govan Mbeki Municipality have been trained/skilled in garment production through Gert Sibande
Technical, a Vocational Education and Training College.
SASOL IN SOCIETY 2023
