Please read these terms and conditions (“Terms”) carefully. The Terms set out below apply to all participants entering the Astron Energy Tank On Us (“Promotion”) conducted by Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd ("Promoter"). If you do not agree to be bound by all of the Terms, then please refrain from entering the Promotion. Instructions on how to enter into the Promotion and all prizes form part of the Terms. Participation in the Promotion is deemed to be your acceptance of the Terms and an acknowledgement of your legal capacity to enter the Promotion. Entries not complying with any of the Terms will be invalid and be of no force and effect.

Limitation of risk, legal responsibilities and liability:
Clauses 9, 10 and 14 below are important because they limit and exclude liability and legal responsibilities that Astron Energy and other third parties or entities may otherwise have to you. As a result of these clauses, your rights and remedies against us and these other parties/entities are limited or excluded. These clauses also limit or exclude your right to recover from, or make claims against, Astron Energy for losses, damages, liability or harm you or others may suffer as a result of your participation in the Promotion. Clause 14 is particularly important because you take on risk, legal responsibilities and liability. In terms of these clauses, you accept responsibility for and indemnify Astron Energy against various risks, damages, harm, and injury which may be suffered by you and others for what is stated in this clause.

This Promotion is supported on the Astron Energy South Africa Facebook Page (@AstronEnergy https://www.facebook.com/astronenergy), Astron Energy South Africa Twitter Handle (https://twitter.com/AstronEnergySA) and Astron Energy South Africa Instagram Page (@AstronEnergySA - https://www.instagram.com/astronenergysa), and the Astron Energy website – www.astronenergy.co.za. This Promotion is supported by various marketing efforts to drive awareness.

The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms at any time during the Promotion. The onus rests on the Participants to check the Astron Energy website (www.astronenergy.co.za) for updates to the Terms and Conditions.

1. Eligible Participants:
   
   1. The Promotion is open to all South African permanent residents and all South African citizens over the age of 18 (eighteen) years at the date of entry (“Participants”) except for Excluded Participants. The Promotion is only taking place in the Republic of South Africa (“South Africa”).
      
      
2. Excluded Participants:
   
   1. The Promotion is not open to the following persons (“Excluded Participants”): the directors, the members, the business partners, and the employees of the Promoter, and the Promoter’s sales agents, advertising agency staff, advisors, consultants, associated companies, and/or the supplier of any goods or services in connection with the Promotion (whether that person is employed by the Promoter or not). This includes, but is not limited to, the Promoter’s Branded Marketer Network and their employees, the Promoter’s Service Stations, M&C Saatchi Abel, M&C Saatchi Connect, Standard Bank South Africa, FreshStop, COLONYCampaigns, Brand Influence Agency, and the immediate family members of aforesaid persons (including, but not limited to, spouses, life partners, parents, grandparents, siblings and children), and any other person who is controlled directly or indirectly by the Promoter, as well as the associated companies of entities or persons mentioned in this clause 2, including holding companies and subsidiaries, their employees, agents, subsidiaries and consultants. The Promotion is also not open to any of the Promoter’s service station operators, staff and their immediate families (including, but not limited to, spouses, life partners, parents and children), or to the influencers appointed for the Promotion and their immediate families.
      
      
3. Duration:

   The Promotion will run from 1 September 2026 until 31 October 2026, both dates inclusive ("Promotion Period").

   1. The Promotion is valid at participating Astron Energy service stations in South Africa where the Promotion is activated.
   2. The Promotion may be activated at selected Astron Energy service stations on selected dates during the Promotion Period.
   3. Astron Energy reserves the right to determine the dates, times and participating service stations at which the Promotion will be activated.
      
      
4. Entry Mechanism & Entry Conditions:

   During the Promotion Period, 50 influencers appointed by or on behalf of Astron Energy will visit selected Astron Energy service stations in South Africa.

   1. The influencers will randomly surprise motorists who are actively filling up their vehicles with fuel or diesel at the participating Astron Energy service station during the relevant activation.
   2. Each of the 50 influencers will award two (2) fuel giveaways (each a “Fuel Giveaway”) to two eligible motorists during their respective activation.
   3. A total of 100 Fuel Giveaways will be awarded during the Promotion.
   4. Each Fuel Giveaway will cover the cost of fuel purchased by the selected motorist, up to a maximum value of R1,500 (One Thousand Five Hundred Rand).
   5. The Fuel Giveaway is limited to the actual value of fuel purchased during the relevant transaction, up to a maximum of R1,500. No cash alternative or balance will be paid where the fuel purchase is less than R1,500.
   6. The Promotion does not guarantee that every motorist visiting an Astron Energy service station during the Promotion Period will receive a Fuel Giveaway.
   7. The decision of the Astron Energy representative and/or appointed influencer regarding the selection of motorists to receive the Fuel Giveaways, subject to these Terms, shall be final.
   8. The Promotion is open to South African residents aged 18 years or older who are legally entitled to participate in promotions of this nature.
   9. To qualify for a Fuel Giveaway, a motorist must:
      1. be at least 18 years old;
      2. be present at a participating Astron Energy service station during an official Promotion activation;
      3. be actively filling up their vehicle with fuel at the time they are approached by the appointed influencer or Astron Energy representative; and
      4. comply with these Terms and any reasonable instructions provided by the Astron Energy representative or appointed influencer.
   10. A person who has already received a Fuel Giveaway under this Promotion may not receive another Fuel Giveaway during the Promotion Period.
       
       
5. THE FUEL GIVEAWAY:
   1. There are 100 Fuel Giveaways available in total during the Promotion Period.
   2. Each Fuel Giveaway has a maximum value of R1,500 (One Thousand Five Hundred Rand).
   3. The maximum total value of all Fuel Giveaways available under the Promotion is therefore R150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Rand).
   4. The Fuel Giveaway is not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash.
   5. The Fuel Giveaway may only be used towards the purchase of fuel in connection with the qualifying transaction identified during the activation.
   6. Any portion of the R1,500 maximum value that is not used in the qualifying fuel transaction will be forfeited and will not be paid to the recipient in cash or any other form.
      
      
6. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS:
   1. The 100 recipients of the Fuel Giveaways (each a “Winner”) will be selected through the 50 influencer activations taking place during the Promotion Period.
   2. Each appointed influencer will select or surprise two (2) eligible motorists during their respective activation.
   3. The selection will take place at the participating Astron Energy service station and at the time of the activation.
   4. If a selected motorist does not meet the eligibility requirements or declines the Fuel Giveaway, Astron Energy and/or its appointed influencer may select another eligible motorist.
      
      
7. PUBLICITY AND CONTENT:
   1. By accepting a Fuel Giveaway, the recipient may be invited to participate in photographs, video recordings or other content captured during the Promotion activation.
   2. Participation in any publicity or marketing activity is voluntary. A recipient may decline to participate in publicity or marketing activities without forfeiting the Fuel Giveaway to which they are otherwise entitled.
   3. Where a recipient agrees to participate in promotional content, Astron Energy may use the resulting content for its marketing and communication purposes, subject to the applicable consent requirements.
      
      
8. PERSONAL INFORMATION:
   1. Any personal information collected in connection with the Promotion will be processed by Astron Energy in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”), the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002, the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 and any other applicable South African data protection and privacy laws and Astron Energy's applicable privacy policy.
   2. Personal information may be collected and processed for purposes including administering the Promotion, verifying eligibility, fulfilling the Fuel Giveaway and managing related communications
      
      
9. Limitation of Liability:

   If for any reason, this Promotion cannot be run as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, payment processing errors (including debit card failures) or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion subject to any written directions under applicable legislation. The Promoter also reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these conditions or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the Promotion. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, Participants acknowledge that they will have limited recourse against the Promoter in such circumstances, save that nothing in these Terms excludes liability which cannot be excluded under applicable law, including liability for loss directly or indirectly attributable to the gross negligence of the Promoter.

   1. The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any payment processing system, debit card terminal, point-of-sale device, telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participants or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or down-loading any materials in this Promotion. 
   2. If required by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, the National Consumer Commission or for any reason required by applicable law, the Promoter will have the right to terminate this Promotion with immediate effect and without notice of such termination. In such an event, all Participants hereby waive any claims against the Promoter arising from such termination, save to the extent that any rights have already vested in the Participant in terms of section 36(7) and (8) of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008, or to the extent that liability cannot be excluded under applicable law.
   3. The Promoter reserves the right to delete any information uploaded by a Participant which the Promoter, in its absolute discretion, believes is illegal, obscene, offensive or defamatory, or infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party, or is otherwise inappropriate for a campaign designed for mass audience entertainment. 
   4. The Promoter will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with the Promotion and/or the Fuel Giveaways except for any liability, which cannot be excluded by law. The Promoter will not be responsible for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information communicated in the course of or in connection with this Promotion, if the deficiency is occasioned by any cause outside the reasonable control of the Promoter, including without limitation, technical malfunctions or failures or warranties (including warranties and functionalities of the Fuel Giveaways).
   5. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, then that provision shall be severed from these Terms and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining Terms
      
      
10. Promoter's Decision Final:
    
    1. The Promoter’s decisions on all issues regarding the Promotion will be final, binding and no correspondence will be entered into. The Promoter also reserves the right to:
       
       1. correct any errors or omissions regarding the Promotion, including on any published material; or
       2. suspend or terminate the Promotion, on written notice at any time, and such cancellation or termination shall be deemed to have taken effect from the date of such notice.
    2. The Promoter’s decision to disqualify an entry is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
    3. The selection of Winners will be at the Promoter’s discretion and no correspondence will be entered into.
       
       
11. Use of Personal Information:
    
    1. The Promoter collects personal information about the Participants (including identification, contact and address information) in order to contact them about the Promotion and where appropriate, verify their identity to award and deliver the Fuel Giveaways. Personal information will be handled in accordance with POPIA.
    2. Only those Participants who opt-in to receive future communications from the Promoter will also be contacted for future promotions and communication related to the Promoter.
       
       
12. Publication of Winner(s):
    
    1. Eligible Participants that are selected as Winners, consent to having their names published, subject to a right of refusal, via the Promoter’s and Influencer Social Media platforms.
       
       
13. Further Participation by a Winner:
    
    1. The Promoter may, after a Winner has been publicly announced, request that such Winner agrees in writing or otherwise to endorse, promote and advertise the goods or services of the Promoter, at no cost or expense to the Winner subject to right of refusal. The Winner may also be required to take part in publicity campaigns for broadcasting or publishing purposes and will be requested to consent to having their photograph taken for all press releases and/or social media. The Winner is entitled to refuse this request.
    2. Winners, on acceptance of a Fuel Giveaway, may be requested to be identified in publicity, broadcastings or publications with Promoter’s internal or external communications including social media, subject to a right of refusal. Upon winning, their names (first name, last initial and town of residence) may also be announced on the Astron Energy and influencer social media pages. Winners that take part in any publicity will not be entitled to any payment or other remuneration for such publicity or otherwise. The Winner is entitled to refuse this request.
    3. Participants warrant that they have full rights to the content that they upload and that the use of the said material shall not constitute a breach of any third party’s copyright or other intellectual property rights. 
    4. Participants agree that by uploading their “images” and comments, they grant permission to the Promoter to use the images, comments or any part thereof unless specifically refused or declined consent or permission, in any and all media for the Promoter’s business purposes, including promotional or marketing purposes with no consideration payable to the Participants. Such permission is perpetual and irrevocable. Participants release and agree to hold harmless the Promoter and all acting with their authority from any liability for such use and from any other claims arising from such use.
    5. Social media sites include but are not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube. Original content includes but is not limited to, any piece of written content, audio or visual video or sound clips, images, photographs.
    6. If Participants include any personal information of third parties in content that they upload or other information provided to the Promoter for purposes of the Promotion, they must be legally permitted to provide such information and to grant the permission referred to in this clause 13, in respect of such information. Each Participant indemnifies the Promoter against any losses suffered or claims made against the Promoter as a result of the Participant not being legally permitted to provide such information or grant the Promoter permission to use it. 
    7. Content created for the promotion may not be in any way derogatory or harmful to any party; public, entrants or promoters. Such content shall be removed and the creator banned from the site. Content which is seen to do the following shall be removed from the site and the creator will be banned: content that is perceived to be spam, the collection of personal information, content that serves a commercial purpose or content that is deemed malicious. The Promoter reserves the right to remove any such content from the site without prior warning. The Promoter reserves the right to judge these pieces of content and will use their own discretion in determining whether or not they are outside the guidelines set out in these terms and conditions. 
       
       
14. Indemnification:
    
    1. All Participants and Winners indemnify the Promoter, its directors, employees, contractors, advertising agencies, advisors, suppliers and agents against any risks, loss, claims or ownership arising from: 
       
       1. the use or disposal of the Fuel Giveaway including, but not limited to, accident, injury, harm, or loss;
       2. their participation in the Promotion, including any costs associated with such participation;
       3. against any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential damages or loss of any kind regardless of how this was caused, and whether it arose under the law of contract or delict or otherwise, because of the Participants entrance to the Promotion;
       4. any subsequent transfer or exchange of the Fuel Giveaway; and/or any lawful cancellation or termination of the Promotion or the correction of any errors or omissions during the Promotion Period.
    2. This means that even if the Promoter is negligent, you will have no claim against them for any harm listed above.
    3. Save as provided for in these Terms and to the extent permitted by applicable law, including the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008, neither Promoter nor its agents or distributors will have any liability to any Participant or Winner in relation to this Promotion.
    4. The Promoter reserves the right to carry out reasonable due diligence to help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity for the Promotion will not bring the Promoter or any of the Promoter’s brands into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavourably on the Promotion as determined by Promoter in its sole discretion.
       
       
15. Data Privacy:
    
    1. For the purposes of this clause, the following definitions shall apply:
       
       1. "Applicable Law" means any applicable South African law, including inter alia, the common law, statute, subordinate legislation, treaty, guideline, directive, rule, by-law, regulation, ordinance, protocol, code, standard, requirement, order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any applicable governmental authority having the force of law;
       2. “Data Breach” means any loss, damage or unauthorised access or acquisition of Personal Information;
       3. “Data Protection Authority” means an independent public authority that is legally tasked with overseeing compliance with Data Protection Legislation in the relevant jurisdiction, and includes South Africa’s Information Regulator who is established in terms of section 39 of POPIA;
       4. "Data Protection Legislation" means any Applicable Law related to data protection or data privacy laws, including but not limited to POPIA, the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 and the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008;
       5. “Data Subject” means the person to whom Personal Information relates;
       6. "Personal Information" means all information relating to individuals that is Processed in terms of these Terms and where applicable, information relating to an identifiable, existing juristic person, and also has the meaning given to an equivalent term under Data Protection Legislation;
       7. "Process" means any operation or activity or set of operations, whether or not automatic concerning Personal Information including to collect, receive, record, organise, collate, store, develop, retrieve, consult, use, disseminate or perform any other act or action, including any other act or action which may be treated or defined as "process" or "processing" in terms of any applicable law (including Data Protection Legislation). The word "Processed" shall have a corresponding meaning;
       8. “Representatives” means, in respect of a person, the directors, officers and employees employed by, and contractors, consultants and agents engaged by, the person; 
       9. “Responsible Party” means a public or private body or any other person that, alone or in conjunction with others, determines the purpose of and means for Processing Personal Information, and also has the meaning given to an equivalent term under Data Protection Legislation;
    2. The Promoter will comply with its obligations under Data Protection Legislation in relation to Personal Information in respect of which it is the Responsible Party.
    3. The Promoter and the Participants acknowledge that the Promoter may from time to time receive, transfer or otherwise Process Personal Information in connection with the Promotion. The Promoter will process all Personal Information processed in connection with the Promotion in accordance with all Applicable Law including Data Protection Legislation, this clause and all reasonable requests from time to time with respect to protecting Personal Information, including restricting employee and agent/sub-contractor access to Personal Information.
    4. To the extent that the Promoter Processes Personal Information as an “Operator” (as defined in the Data Protection Legislation) on behalf of a Participant or in performing its obligations under these Terms, the Promoter must:
       
       1. only Process Personal Information for the purposes of performing its obligations under these Terms or as otherwise authorised in writing;
       2. treat all Personal Information which comes to its knowledge as confidential and not disclose such information without prior written consent, except as required by law;
       3. not sub-contract the Processing of Personal Information to a third party, or transfer the Personal Information outside of South Africa, without prior written authorisation;
       4. secure the integrity and confidentiality of Personal Information in its possession or under its control by taking appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect Personal Information against loss, damage, unauthorised destruction and unlawful access or Processing;
       5. immediately notify the affected Participant and, where required, the Information Regulator where there are reasonable grounds to believe that Personal Information has been lost, damaged, accessed or acquired by any unauthorised person;
       6. assist each other to comply with any of its obligations under Data Protection Legislation in relation to Personal Information Processed, notification of Data Breaches, requests by Data Subjects for access to, or correction or deletion of, their Personal Information and any investigation or assessment conducted or direction given by a Data Protection Authority; 
       7. except as required by law, return or destroy all Personal Information when it is no longer required for purposes of the Promotion, on completion or termination of the Promotion for any reason, if required by law or on request at any time.
    5. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the obligations of this clause shall survive the completion or termination of the Promotion for any reason.
    6. For further details regarding this Processing, please see the Promoters privacy statement: https://www.astronenergy.co.za/privacy-policy/
       
       
16. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction:

    The laws of South Africa apply to this Promotion and to the exclusion of any other law. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa 
    
    

17. Contact the Promoter:

    For any queries, do contact the Promoter’s Customer Service Centre via email zaservice@astronenergy.co.za or phone 086 030 0860 during operating hours: Monday to Friday, 07h00 to 17h00, excluding Public Holidays. Physical address 5 Century Boulevard, Century City, 7441.
    *Disclaimer: Information was correct at time of publishing but may be subject to change.