Message from the CEO – Covid-19
Dear Valued Customer, As President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated during his address to the nation on March 23, within the eight days since a national state of disaster was declared, we have seen the number of local cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus escalating from 61 to...
read moreCOVID-19: Astron Energy takes steps to protect staff and customers
Astron Energy has implemented a series of measures to deal with the global COVID-19 outbreak, including special temperature testing across our business sites and the immediate departure from the site of anyone over a prescribed level. We are currently implementing...
read moreASTRON ENERGY’S PROJECT eVOLVE – FINALIST IN PRESTIGIOUS INNOVATION AWARDS
Astron Energy has been selected as a finalist for the SAP Innovation Awards 2020. The organisers noted that the South African energy company’s entry stood out among 263 other international case studies as “a compelling example”. The awards acknowledge forward-thinking...
read moreR400M CAPE TOWN INVESTMENT ENABLES ASTRON ENERGY TO MEET GLOBAL DEADLINE ON NEW MARINE FUEL
Ships docking in Cape Town harbour are loading up with low sulphur fuel oil that meets stringent new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations. After a major investment of around R400 million, Astron Energy’s Milnerton refinery is producing the Very Low...
read moreEASTERN CAPE CALTEX TITAN STEPS BACK FROM THE BUSINESS
At a youthful, and still very energetic, 69 years old, Clive Berlyn will give up his executive responsibilities after building Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM) into the biggest Caltex petrol station branded marketer operation in Southern Africa. Berlyn’s company...
read moreMOTORISTS CAN COUNT ON CALTEX FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Caltex was named the top Petrol Station in South Africa at this year’s Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards, which took place in Johannesburg recently. The Ask Afrika Awards are the country’s longest running service awards. In researching what determines where South...
read moreASTRON ENERGY ACHIEVES LEVEL 1 B-BBEE STATUS
South African petroleum company Astron Energy has been awarded Level 1 B-BBEE status. Astron Energy, licensee of the Caltex brand, was founded in September 2018, and CEO Jonathan Molapo says that achieving Level 1 status was an important and immediate goal for the new...
read moreFrom petrol station cashier to owner: “I have to be strong and make Africa proud of me”
Khumbu Shelembe’s had a meteoric journey from punching the till at a Durban Caltex station to owning an operation that sells almost 10,000 litres of fuel a day. Having started out as a cashier at the Mobeni service station in 2007, Shelembe, now 36-years-old, got her...
read moreEmployees at Century City offices of Astron Energy use less than 1.7 litres of municipal water a day each
The City of Cape Town recognises Astron Energy for its integrated water management efforts Certification enables the private sector to reap the benefits of self-regulation 13 December 2018, The Water and Sanitation Department’s Water Star Rating Certification system...
read moreTOP TIPS FOR EMERGING SUPPLIERS DOING BUSINESS WITH OIL AND GAS COMPANIES
Astron Energy’s enterprise and supplier development programme is one of 20 biggest in South Africa To date, more than R100 million provided towards enterprise and supplier development offers financial aid to fuel expansion and growth Emerging suppliers generate...
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