List of companies of South Africa - wikipedia List of companies of South Africa Location of South Africa South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 56 million people, is the world 's 24th-most populous nation. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper - middle - income economy, and a newly industrialised country. Its economy is the second - largest in Africa, and the 34th - largest in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh - highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US $1.25 a day. Nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see `` Business entities in South Africa ''. Contents 1 Largest firms 2 Notable firms 3 See also 4 References Largest firms Rank Name Industry Revenue Headquarters Ref ( s ) Sasol Chemicals $11.8 billion Sandton MTN Group Telecommunications $10.1 billion Johannesburg Shoprite Holdings Food Retail $9.4 billion Brackenfell Bidvest Investment Services $9.4 billion Sandton Standard Bank Group Banking $8.6 billion Johannesburg 6 FirstRand Banking $8.4 billion Johannesburg 7 Naspers Broadcasting $5.9 billion Cape Town 8 Sanlam Life & Health Insurance $5.8 billion Cape Town 9 MMI Holdings Limited Life & Health Insurance $3.7 billion Centurion 10 Remgro Conglomerates $1.9 billion Stellenbosch Notable firms This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct. Notable companies Active State - owned Defunct Name Industry Sector Headquarters Founded Notes Adcock Ingram Health care Pharmaceuticals Johannesburg 1891 Healthcare products Afrihost Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Johannesburg 2000 ISP Airports Company South Africa ( ACSA ) Industrials Transportation services Bedfordview Airport management Anglo American Platinum Basic materials General mining Johannesburg 1995 Mining Aspen Pharmacare Health care Pharmaceuticals Durban 1850 Drug company Automobile Association of South Africa Consumer services Specialized consumer services Midrand 1930 Automotive services Barclays Africa Group Financials Banks Johannesburg 1991 Banking and investments Business Connexion Group Technology Software Johannesburg 1979 I / T CapeRay Health care Medical equipment Cape Town Medical imaging equipment Capitec Bank Financials Banks Stellenbosch 2001 Bank Cell C Telecommunications Mobile telecommunications Randburg 2001 Mobile netwoek Checkers Consumer services Food retailers & wholesalers Cape Town 1956 Supermarkets, part of Shoprite since 1991 De Haan 's Bus & Coach Inudstrials Commercial vehicles & trucks Cape Town 1951 Bus manufacturer Dimension Data Technology Software Johannesburg Software and services e.tv Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Cape Town 1998 Television Eskom Utilities Conventional electricity Sunninghill 1923 Electrical producer and distribution Exxaro Basic materials Coal Pretoria 2006 Coal mining First National Bank Financials Banks Johannesburg 1838 Bank, part of First Rand First Rand Financials Banks Johannesburg 1998 Bank FNB Connect Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Johannesburg 2009 ISP, part of First National Bank Gallo Record Company Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg 1926 Record label, part of Times Media Group Gijima Group Technology Telecommunications equipment Centurion 1998 Communications technology Gold Fields Basic materials Gold mining Johannesburg 1998 Gold mining Golden Arrow Bus Services Consumer services Travel & tourism Cape Town 1863 Public transportation Harmony Gold Basic materials Gold mining Melrose 1950 Gold mining Hollard Group Financials Full line insurance Johannesburg 1980 Private insurance Illovo Sugar Consumer goods Food products Umhlanga 1891 Sugar Impala Platinum Basic materials General mining Johannesburg 1973 Mining and refining Junk Mail Digital Media Industrials Business support services Pretoria Advertising Kumba Iron Ore Basic materials Iron & steel Centurion 2001 Iron mining LIFE Healthcare Group Health care Health care providers Johannesburg Hospitals Mathews & Associates Architects Industrials Business support services Pretoria 2000 Architecture Mediclinic International Health care Health care providers Stellenbosch Hospitals M - Net Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg 1986 Television MTN Group Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Johannesburg 1994 Multinational telecom MultiChoice Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg Entertainment and broadcasting MWEB Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Cape Town 1997 ISP Naspers Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Cape Town 1915 Media group Nedbank Financials Banks Johannesburg 1888 Bank Neotel Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Johannesburg 2006 ISP Netcare Health care Health care providers Johannesburg Hospitals, part of General Healthcare Group ( UK ) Pick ' n Pay Consumer services Food retailers & wholesalers Cape Town 1967 Supermarket chain Pioneer Foods Consumer goods Food products Cape Town 1997 Packaged goods PPC Ltd. Industrials Building materials & fixtures Pretoria 1892 Cement Primedia Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg 1994 Media holding group Primedia Broadcasting Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg 1994 Radio, news, part of Primedia PUTCO Consumer services Travel & tourism Johannesburg 1945 Public transportation Riovic Technology Computer services Johannesburg 2015 P2P insurance, on - demand insurance platform Rovos Rail Industrials Railroads Pretoria Rail RunwaySale Consumer services Apparel retailers Cape Town 2012 Online clothing retailer South African Broadcasting Corporation Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Johannesburg 1936 State broadcasting Sanlam Financials Asset managers Cape Town 1918 Asset management and insurance Sasol Oil & gas Exploration & production Johannesburg 1950 Refining Shoprite Consumer services Food retailers & wholesalers Cape Town 1979 Food retailer South African Breweries Consumer goods Brewers Johannesburg 1895 Brewery, part of Anheuser - Busch InBev ( Belgium ) Standard Bank Financials Banks Johannesburg 1862 Banks StarSat, South Africa Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Midrand Part of StarTimes ( China ) Telkom Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Centurion 1991 Telecom Telkom Mobile Telecommunications Mobile telecommunications Centurion Mobile GSM, part of Telkom Tiger Brands Consumer goods Food products Johannesburg 1921 Primarily packaged foods Times Media Group Consumer services Publishing Johannesburg 2012 Publisher Tongaat Hulett Consumer goods Food products Tongaat 1892 Sugar Transnet National Ports Authority Industrials Transportation services Johannesburg 2005 Ports Transnet Industrials Transportation services Johannesburg Ports and rail Travelstart Consumer services Travel & tourism Cape Town 1999 Travel booking Union Carriage & Wagon Industrials Commercial vehicles & trucks Nigel 1957 Rolling stock manufacturer Vodacom Telecommunications Mobile telecommunications Johannesburg 1994 Mobile network, part of Vodafone ( UK ) Wesizwe Platinum Basic materials General mining Johannesburg 2003 Mining Woolworths Consumer services Broadline retailers Cape Town 1931 Retail stores The JSE. Pear exports in the Ceres valley. Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town. The Tiger Oats building in Moorreesburg, previously home to Tiger Brands. See also List of airlines of South Africa List of banks in South Africa List of restaurants in South Africa South Africa portal Companies portal Business and economics portal References Jump up ^ `` South Africa ''. World Bank. Retrieved 30 October 2011. Jump up ^ David Waugh ( 2000 ). `` Manufacturing industries ( chapter 19 ), World development ( chapter 22 ) ''. Geography : An Integrated Approach. Nelson Thornes. pp. 563, 576 -- 579, 633, 640. ISBN 978 - 0 - 17 - 444706 - 1. Retrieved 24 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` South Africa ''. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` South Africa 's Unemployment Rate Increases to 23.5 % ''. Bloomberg. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010. Jump up ^ `` HDI '' ( PDF ). UNDP. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2008 - 12 - 19. Jump up ^ Cooper, Andrew F ; Antkiewicz, Agata ; Shaw, Timothy M ( 10 December 2007 ). `` Lessons from / for BRICSAM about South - North Relations at the Start of the 21st Century : Economic Size Trumps All Else ? ''. International Studies Review. 9 ( 4 ) : 675, 687. doi : 10.1111 / j. 1468 - 2486.2007. 00730. x. Jump up ^ David A. Lynch ( 2010 ). Trade and Globalization : An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 51. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7425 - 6689 - 7. Retrieved 25 August 2013. Southern Africa is home to the other of sub-Saharan Africa 's regional powers : South Africa. South Africa is more than just a regional power ; it is currently the most developed and economically powerful country in Africa, and now it is able to use that influence in Africa more than during the days of apartheid ( white rule ), when it was ostracised. ^ Jump up to : `` Forbes Global 2000 ''. Forbes. Retrieved 11 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` How Raymond Ackerman built an empire Cape Argus ''. Iol.co.za. 2016 - 03 - 11. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited : Private Company Information ''. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Wesizwe Platinum Limited : Private Company Information ''. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 03. Economy of South Africa By province Western Cape Gauteng Natural resources Mining industry Coal Agriculture Whaling Industry Automotive industry Services Banks Gambling Tourism Ecotourism LGBT tourism Telecommunications Nuclear power Power stations Economic history Mineral Revolution Witwatersrand Gold Rush Great Depression Disinvestment Affirmative action Black Economic Empowerment Broad - Based Black Economic Empowerment Qualifying Small Enterprises Scorecard Exempted Micro Enterprises Macroeconomics National Treasury Taxation South African rand Reserve Bank Consumer price index Provinces by HDI Misc. 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Question: what is the richest company in south africa
Answer: Sasol