ABOUT SASOL IN SPORT
At Sasol, we pursue sponsorships that enhance our brand and its goodwill, inspire creativity and innovation, and create unique opportunities to build stakeholder relationships and experiences that make a lasting impact in the daily lives of South Africans.
We are proud to support selected sporting and artistic initiatives, as well as environmental and educational organisations and events. We sponsor three national teams—the Senior Women’s football team and the Wheelchair Basketball men’s and women’s teams—and have supported a semi-professional women’s football league through partnerships designed to bring about positive change.
Sasol believes that disabled sports represent the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. To overcome a disability and play any sport at its highest level is a remarkable achievement for anyone. This has led Sasol, in line with its long-running support of people living with disabilities, to support wheelchair basketball. Through our partnership with Wheelchair Basketball South Africa, we are involved in a sponsorship property that mirrors Sasol’s values of supporting people living with disabilities. The partnership aims to promote the sport to South Africans and help propel both teams onto the global stage.
In a bid to empower women in football, Sasol supports the women’s game at national level. Through its partnership with the South African Football Association (SAFA), Sasol has played an important role in developing women’s football in South Africa. The most recent Sasol-sponsored National Championship for the Sasol League took place in 2024.
Over the past decade, Sasol’s involvement has seen Banyana Banyana become an internationally competitive team, qualifying for two Olympic Games (London 2012 and Rio 2016), as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cups in 2019 and 2023. Many players from Banyana Banyana have gained opportunities to play in leagues across the globe.
Banyana Banyana are also ambassadors of the Live the Impossible campaign, an initiative aimed at encouraging young girls and people living with disabilities to pursue their dreams without fear of obstacles.
We believe in the progress of people, and our sponsorships allow us to contribute to enabling potential and enhancing lives for the better.