THE INCIDENT
Sasol please explain to me a South African citizen who has supported your product from day 1.Why I cannot purchase shares, this will be interesting to see your response, you can in no way refer to race, this would be a form of *** discrimination, you cannot claim that I am not from a disadvantage group again discrimination.The Sasol plant was originally financed by the Tax payer, how did you select as your consumer at the time or tax payer?If your company is promoting the growth of the South African economy why is it that the cost of fuel is the same regardless if it’s local or not?Why do you not tell the South African consumer what the true cost is to produce fuel / barrel of refined oil is?I know that if every person in SA whom you have now discriminated against stopped using your product it would make very little affect on Sasol because it is a global commodity. But if we have learnt anything in SA, it’s that people don’t forget and forgive. I will not support your product and I will go to all your service station on Sunday’s and ask if the bikers would not rather go to Total for coffee as there is no *** discrimination who they will sell to.
SUPPLIER'S RESPONSETime: 12:33:16Fri 11 Jul 08
Hello afp Thank you for your comment on Inzalo. It will be forwarded to our head office for feedback.Please take note that all South African fuel prices are regulated by government and not by Sasol. You are welcome to contact the department of minerals and energy for more information.Kind regardsRenée Esterhuizen
THE INCIDENT
Hello Sasol. Thank you for your noncommittal response. As for the fuel regulation within SA. I am aware of this, but I do not see Sasol challenging this, the cost to produce oil vrs retail pump price. If Sasol was truly in favour of supporting SA and the people, they would promote this product and get government to agree to drop the price. By doing so it would benefit SA by bring down (marginally) the living costs for some SA citizens.But let’s agree this would go in the face of the new share which would only favor those that could afford the share in the 1st place. So priority for Sasol.1) The higher the global price of oil the more profit Sasol makes.2) It’s not in Sasol interest to challenge the current legislation on the fuel price. Sasol would rather protect their profit margin they help the SA consumer.3) Sasol would like to portray its image of proudly SA, but has in fact discriminated against a large number of its consumers.4) The direct impact of this share will not be felt by the company Sasol but by the franchisee who own the forecourts.
SUPPLIER'S RESPONSETime: 15:35:01Fri 11 Jul 08
Hello afp We acknowledge receipt of your comments and they will be reviewed by specialists in the particular fields mentioned.A comprehensive response will be posted by next week (latest Wednesday 16 July).Kind regardsRenée Esterhuizen
THE INCIDENT
Good day Renée Esterhuizen.Sorry "my bad", when you stated "A comprehensive response will be posted by next week (latest Wednesday 16 July)." You did not include the year.Silly me to assume it would be this year. Please feel free to request the new bumper sticker.Proudly S.A. and Sasol free
SUPPLIER'S RESPONSETime: 08:52:01Thu 17 Jul 08
Hello afp My apologies for only responding today:In South Africa, the pump price of petrol is regulated by Government and price calculations are done by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) on behalf of the Department of Minerals and Energy.The petrol pump price consists of a number of price elements and these can be divided into international and domestic elements. The international element is based on what it would cost a South African importer to buy petrol from international markets, transport the product to South Africa, insure against losses at sea and include the cost to land the product on South African shores.To arrive at the final pump price in the different pricing zones certain domestic primary and secondary transport costs, government imposts, taxes, levies, retail and wholesale margins needs to be added to the international element.Over and above, Sasol fuel is not cheaper than other fuel because it is actually more expensive to produce fuel from coal than it is to produce it from any other means.
THE INCIDENT
Morning.Renée you have not responded to my question, you have in fact made this issue about the price of petrol.I wanted to understand why I was discriminated against..1) Why could I not purchase shares as a South African citizen, regardless of Race, Religion and my living circumstances?2) What is Sasol doing to assist the general population in SA to overcome the raise in living costs?3) Why have you avoided the question of the tax payer, who funded the plant in the first place?I resent they way in which my queries have been handled, the fact that you have changed the focus of my query. It would have been more to the point if you just stated the obvious.Mr AFP. 1) Your white.. No place for you in South Africa. 2) Your white.. Sasol does not owe you a reasonable response. 3) As long as we “Sasol” can cater for those of colour other than white, who can afforded the shares, why should we care about the general public. So Sasol new slogan should be.. Proudly SA : let’s work together without WHITES. Please do not respond
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Hi, I agree with afp that we as ordinary South African citizens are now really up to..... with regards to "previously disadvantaged" groups. Yes, if Sasol or any other company wants to do something for the "previously disadvantaged" group(s) go ahead and do it, BUT also in the same, do something for the ordinary South African citizen. Any South African citizen should be granted an opportunity to buy shares in a truly South African company. This would then surely build more confidence from all of us in our truly South African brand. The result being that more people would benefit with a bigger impact on "previously disadvantaged" groups.
Further to that; all the comments i have read about the issuing of these shares were negative: not only the buying experience - queing, system downtime, etc - but also the expectation of people not being met by missing the deadline because of all the issuing problems.
In short, my opinion is that this share issue of Sasol did more harm, than good and I certainly am hugely disappointed in Sasol after previously being a big supporter of the company and what it stands for.
afp_supporter
Brilliant! Will most certainly be sending this out.
I called the Sasol call centre to enquire about shares and was informed that everyone except 'whites' are able to purchase shares. My response naturally was whether this is not deemed discrimination to white people? I was told that they have no comment!
When is this nonsense ever going to end?
As a white South African woman, I know what it is like to struggle to get work. I know how difficult it is to immigrate and yet my own country discriminates continuously and has the tenacity to expect different results.
Don't expect to solve the problems created with the same thinking that created them.
As of this moment onwards, I will choose to no longer use Sasol or any of it's outlets for any purpose what so ever.
Sadly South African (no longer Proudly South African)
I posted this on Hellopeter and Sasol responded on the 11th of July thanking me for my comment and that I would be getting feedback from Head Office - this has not been forthcoming!
Someone should consider taking this matter to the constitutional court.
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