Exhibit 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES



Name

Nature of business

Percentage
ownership

Country of
incorporationSasol Mining (Pty) Ltd(1)

Coal mining activities


89,8

South AfricaSasol Mining Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Holding company for the group's mining interests


100

South AfricaSasol Technology (Pty) Ltd

Engineering services, research and development and technology transfer


100

South AfricaSasol Financing Limited

Management of cash resources, investment and procurement of loans (for South African operations) and other general treasury activities


100

South AfricaSasol Investment Company (Pty) Ltd

Holding company for the group's foreign investments and investment in moveable and immovable property


100

South AfricaSasol South Africa Limited

Integrated petrochemicals and energy company.


100

South AfricaSasol Oil (Pty) Ltd

Production and marketing of liquid fuels, base oils, lubricants and other products


75

South AfricaSasol International Services Limited

Buying and selling of crude oil


100

United KingdomSasol Chemical Holdings International (Pty) Ltd

Holding company for some of the Sasol Group's international chemical business interests


100

South AfricaSasol UK Limited

Marketing and distribution of chemical products


100

United KingdomSasol Chemicals Pacific Limited

Marketing and distribution of chemical products


100

Hong KongSasol Gas (Pty) Ltd

Selling, marketing and transportation of gas and any related services


100

South AfricaSasol New Energy Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Investment in research, design and construction for the production, storage, marketing, delivery and sale of low carbon and renewable energy and related products,
co-products or by-products


100

South AfricaSasol Africa (Pty) Ltd

Exploration, development, production, marketing and distribution of natural oil and gas and associated products


100

South AfricaSasol Canada Exploration and Production Limited

General partner in, and management of, the Sasol Canada Exploration and Production Limited Partnership which holds Sasol's upstream interests in the Sasol Progress Energy Canada Ltd partnership in
Canada


100

Canada


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Name

Nature of business

Percentage
ownership

Country of
incorporationSasol Canada Holdings Limited

Exploration, development, production, marketing and distribution of natural oil and gas and associated products in Canada


100

CanadaSasol Middle East and India (Pty) Ltd

Develop and implement international GTL and CTL ventures and any other related matters


100

South AfricaSasol Wax International GmbH

Holding company for Sasol Wax operations (outside South Africa)


100

GermanySasol Wax GmbH

Production, marketing and distribution of waxes and wax related products


100

GermanyNational Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Refining of petroleum feedstocks into finished and unfinished petroleum products


47,73
(2)
South AfricaSasol Chemie GmbH and Co. KG

Investment in Sasol Germany GmbH, Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH and Sasol Performance Chemicals GmbH


100

GermanySasol Germany GmbH

Production, marketing and distribution of chemical products


100

GermanySasol Solvents Germany GmbH

Production and marketing of solvents


100

GermanySasol Italy SpA

Trading and transportation of oil products, petrochemicals and chemical products and derivatives


99,95

ItalySasol Holdings (USA) (Pty) Ltd

Holding company for the group's interests in the United States


100

South AfricaSasol Chemicals (USA) LLC

Production, marketing and distribution of chemical products


100

United StatesSasol Holdings (Asia Pacific) (Pty) Ltd

Holding company for the group's Asia Pacific investments


100

South AfricaSasol European Holdings Limited

Resale of Sasol chemical products into UK / Ireland market area


100

United KingdomSasol Financing International Limited

Management of cash resources, investments and procurement of loans (for our foreign operations)


100

South AfricaSasol (USA) Corporation

Holds and manages our interests and operations in the United States


72

United States


(1)This
represents our effective holding through Sasol Mining Holdings (Pty) Ltd.(2)This
represents our effective holding through our 75% interest in Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd.


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INCORPORATED JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES



Name

Nature of business

Interest %

Country of incorporationChevron Sasol EGTL Limited

Investment activities in relation to the Escravos gas-to-liquids project

10% S class shares

BermudaIxia Coal (Pty) Ltd

Investment activities Sasol Mining

49

South AfricaORYX GTL Limited (QSC)

Manufacturing and marketing of synthetic fuels from gas

49

QatarSasol Chevron Holdings Limited

Marketing of Escravos GTL products

50

BermudaSasol-Huntsman GmbH & Co KG

Manufacturing of chemical products

49,5 Limited partner

GermanySasol Chevron Nigeria Limited

Personal, technical services and training to the Escravos GTL facility in Nigeria

50

NigeriaSasol Dyno Nobel (Pty) Ltd

Manufacturing and distribution of explosives

50

South AfricaPetromoc E Sasol SARL

Retail and commercial marketing of liquid fuels; petrol, diesel, illuminating paraffin, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fuel
oil and lubricants in Mozambique

49

MozambiqueStrategic Energy Technology Systems Private Limited

Prospecting, exploration, production, exploitation of mineral oil, petroleum, oil, gas and other similar or allied
substances

50

IndiaCentral Termica de Ressano Garcia (CTRG SA)

Production, generation, transport and commercialisation of electrical energy, including export, construction operation and
management of a power plant

49

MozambiqueSasol Wilmar Alcohol Industries (Lianyungang) Co Ltd

Development, production, sale and distribution of oleochemical based alcohol, surfactant, auxiliaries, petroleum additives,
leather chemicals, water treatment auxiliaries, etc

50

ChinaGemini HDPE LLC

Construction of the high-density polyethylene plant

50

United StatesRepublic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (Pty) Ltd (ROMPCO)

Owning and operating the natural gas transmission pipeline between Temane in Mozambique and Secunda in South Africa for the
transportation of natural gas produced in Mozambique to markets in Mozambique and South Africa

50

South Africa


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