Sasol has been told to clean up its act. The national air quality officer, who oversees the enforcement of the Air Quality Act, rejected the company’s request to measure its sulphur dioxide emissions in a way that would let it emit more than the law allows. 

This is good news for the highveld, where Sasol’s Secunda plant and 12 coal stations operated by Eskom produce some of the worst air pollution in the world...

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