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INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AGAINST OUR FOCUS AREAS
GROWING SHARED VALUE 3 SASOL IN SOCIETY
DATA AND ASSURANCE
ANNEXURES
GROWING SHARED VALUE // Sasol in Society // Community health and service infrastructure programme
OUR GROUP
APPROACH
FEATURE STORY
Sasol’s community development programmes are premised on the needs of those
closest to our fenceline communities and guided by our desire to strengthen
relationships with our stakeholders and regulators, which is a material matter.
While we recognise that it is not
the primary role of Sasol to provide
municipal services, it is often the
most marginalised members of a
community that are impacted by
lack of access to service delivery.
As a partner in the many regions in
which we operate (particularly in
South Africa and Mozambique), we
understand that we have a role to
play in supporting and collaborating
with local government efforts to
create an enabling environment
in which both communities and
businesses can thrive. This is the
reason we invest in:
Infrastructure development;
Health and wellness programmes
for healthier communities who will
be productive and in turn contribute
positively to society; and
Disability programmes.
Inauguration of the Inhassoro Training Centre
In November 2022, Mozambican President H.E. Filipe Nyusi
inaugurated the Vocational Training Centre in the Inhassoro
District, Inhambane Province. The centre comprises of five
classrooms with capacity for 20 students each; three workshops
for practical lessons; and a residential block made up of six
houses for staff. The centre is fully furnished and equipped
with state-of-the-art technology and includes an administration
block, a playing field, water supply systems, a warehouse
and other support infrastructure. Construction of the project
started in 2019 and is illustrative of Sasol’s commitment
to Mozambique’s economic and social development.
OUTCOMES
South Africa
" Over 1,6 million young people reached
through the HIV/AIDS education and
awareness campaign implemented in the
Durban South Basin, in KwaZulu-Natal.
The platform used to reach them included
in-person, social and broadcast media.
" Completed significant building and repairs
of water and sanitation infrastructures in
flood-affected schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
" Partnered with Pink Drive and the
Department of Health to conduct wellness
screenings and cancer awareness, in
Katlehong, Bethal, eMbalenhle, Leandra,
Zamdela, Refengkgotso (Deneysville)
and Ekangala.
" Renewable energy solar infrastructure
solutions were installed in six Metsimaholo
community health centres to provide
uninterrupted health services and mitigate
adverse impact of loadshedding.
" Completed the maintenance and
improvement of the Komatipoort Clinic
as well as the Cromati Combined School.
" Commenced full rehabilitation of a 8.8km
key access road to Zamdela which will
enhance economic activity, improve the
daily lives of road users and employed
77 people.
" Sasolburg and Ekandustria implemented
22 community health and service
infrastructure projects, supported
local businesses and created 358 job
opportunities.
" The eye testing project partnership
between Sasol, St John Ambulance Services
Eye Clinic and the Department of Health
Free State provides eye testing and
spectacles to senior citizens and people
living with disabilities.
" Careswell Children9s Project is a centre
that supports vulnerable and orphaned
children in Iraq, Zamdela. Sasol funded
the construction of a new building to
ensure that the centre operates in a safe
environment and bring dignity to children.
Mozambique
" Completed the construction of the
Inhassoro Vocational Training Centre and
handed it over.
" Completed construction of Inhassoro
multipurpose field. Features include an
11-a-side football field; a multipurpose
area; player changing rooms; public toilets;
seating stands for 1 000 people; a water
supply system; and a perimeter fence.
" Sasol works with 37 communities to
improve water and sanitation infrastructure
in these communities. The programme
is implemented by the Netherlands
Development Organisation (SNV). The
programme aims to improve access to clean
water, enhance sustainability of supply
systems, promote hygiene and sanitation
and prevent water contamination.
" SNV continues construction of public
toilets and water systems as part of
the programme.
" Programme achievements to date include
rehabilitating 74 boreholes, rehabilitating
eight water supply systems, constructing
nine new water supply systems, equipping
ten holes with manual and rehabilitated
pumps and establishing 23 new manual
pump sources.
" As part of the water program, 110
water committees have been created
or revitalised in the covered districts,
fostering community involvement and
ownership.
Qatar
" The Sasol Qatar team and Qatar9s Ministry
of Social Development and Family entered
a partnership to collaborate on the
Accessible Qatar initiative including the
Definitely Able initiatives to support people
with disabilities.
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Sasol has partnered with the Alberto Cassimo Institute for
Training and Labour Studies since 2015.
At the inauguration, Sasol President and CEO Fleetwood Grobler
said: "This initiative is a simple contribution to the efforts of the
Government of Mozambique in reducing youth unemployment
and to meet the needs of structural change in the labour market."