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President Ramaphosa visits Sasol Secunda plant — project implications for African pumping systems

President Ramaphosa visits Sasol Secunda plant President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) that Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, remains a great contributor to the country's economy.  "Sasol is a great contributor to our economy, and I’ve been very pleased to come and see the real industrial actor in our economy and one of the key players that…propels the economic development that we have," the President told GCIS during a visit to Sasol, in Secunda, Mpumalanga, on Thursday. Taking a guided tour of the plant, President Ramaphosa described the company as a “national treasure”. “Sasol is…almost like a National Key Point. Government owns quite a good portion of Sasol through our various structures of investment. We are very proud of what Sasol is; the standing that it has in our economy; the contribution it makes and the number of people that it employs. “It’s so impressive that from a rock of coal, they can make wonderful products. They convert coal that we all look at and kick around…into diesel, petrol, gas, sulphuric substances and products as well as plastics,” the President told GCIS.  Earlier this year,

Source facts: President Ramaphosa visits Sasol Secunda plant President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) that Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, remains a great contributor to the country's economy.  "Sasol is a great contributor to our economy, and I’ve been very pleased to come and see the real industrial actor in our economy and one of the key players that…propels the economic development that we have," the President told GCIS during a visit to Sasol, in Secunda, Mpumalanga, on Thursday. Taking a guided tour of the plant, President Ramaphosa described the company as a “national treasure”. “Sasol is…almost like a National Key Point. Government owns quite a good portion of Sasol through our various structures of investment. We are very proud of what Sasol is; the standing that it has in our economy; the contribution it makes and the number of people that it employs. “It’s so impressive that from a rock of coal, they can make wonderful products. They convert coal that we all look at and kick around…into diesel, petrol, gas, sulphuric substances and products as well as plastics,” the President told GCIS.  Earlier this year,

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