Organisations

Aspen Pharmacare

Aspen Pharmacare is a South African pharmaceutical group whose modern business began trading in 1997. Stephen Saad and Gus Attridge were two of its four founding members.

Founded 1997 · Durban, South Africa

Beluluane Gas Company

Beluluane Gas Company is a Mozambique-registered project company with a concession to develop a proposed LNG import terminal at Matola harbour and related pipeline infrastructure.

Bidvest

Bidvest is a South African services, trading and distribution group built from the company Brian Joffe founded in 1988.

Founded 1988 · Johannesburg, South Africa

Capitec Bank

Capitec Bank is a South African retail bank established in 2001. Michiel le Roux was its founding chief executive, while Riaan Stassen led the bank through much of its early growth.

Founded 2001 · Stellenbosch, South Africa

Discovery

Discovery is a South African financial-services group founded in 1992 by Adrian Gore, with company records also identifying Barry Swartzberg as a founder.

Founded 1992 · Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

ExxonMobil South Africa LNG

ExxonMobil South Africa LNG is an ExxonMobil affiliate that signed a preliminary Heads of Agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal in June 2026 to advance LNG supply discussions for the proposed Richards Bay import terminal.

FirstRand

FirstRand is a South African financial-services group formed in 1998. Its entrepreneurial roots lie in the financial business started in 1977 by GT Ferreira, Laurie Dippenaar and Paul Harris.

Founded 1998 · Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

Gigajoule Group

Gigajoule is a Southern African energy developer involved in the proposed Matola LNG import project, which its project materials say could connect to the Mozambique–South Africa gas network.

Industrial Gas Users Association of Southern Africa

IGUA-SA is an industry association representing large gas users in Southern Africa. It advocates for gas supply security, policy coordination and investment in infrastructure as Mozambique supply declines.

Matola Gas Company

Matola Gas Company operates gas distribution and transmission infrastructure in Mozambique’s Maputo province. Its network is described by Gigajoule as connected to the ROMPCO pipeline system serving South Africa.

Mr Price Group

Mr Price Group is a South African value retailer built by co-founders Stewart Cohen and Laurie Chiappini. They opened the first Mr Price Factory Shop in Klerksdorp in 1985.

Founded 1985 · Durban, South Africa

Naspers

Naspers is a South African company established in 1915. Koos Bekker did not found Naspers; he became chief executive in 1997 and led its transition from a publishing and pay-television group towards global internet investment.

Founded 1915 · Cape Town, South Africa

OUTsurance

OUTsurance is a South African direct insurer launched in February 1998 by Willem Roos, Howard Aron and René Otto.

Founded 1998 · Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

Pick n Pay

Pick n Pay is a South African retailer founded in 1967 by Raymond Ackerman with Wendy Ackerman after the family acquired four small stores in Cape Town.

Founded 1967 · Cape Town, South Africa

Reatile Group

Reatile is a South African energy and industrial investment group. It holds a 30% interest in Vopak Terminal Durban, one of the local partnerships behind the proposed Richards Bay LNG terminal.

Richemont

Richemont is a Swiss-based luxury-goods group founded by South African businessman Johann Rupert in 1988 through the spin-off of the international assets of South Africa’s Rembrandt Group.

Founded 1988 · Bellevue, Geneva, Switzerland

ROMPCO

ROMPCO owns and operates the Mozambique-South Africa Pipeline, the high-pressure gas link carrying natural gas from Mozambique into South Africa.

Royal Vopak

Royal Vopak is a Netherlands-based independent tank storage operator. Through Vopak Terminal Durban, it is a principal commercial partner in the proposed Richards Bay LNG terminal.

Sasol

Sasol is an integrated South African energy and chemicals company that produces, transports, markets and distributes gas, including Mozambique-produced natural gas and methane-rich gas from Secunda.

Shoprite Holdings

Shoprite is a South African food-retail group whose modern growth story began when an eight-store chain was acquired in 1979. Whitey Basson led the business from that year and built it through organic growth and major acquisitions.

Founded 1979 · Brackenfell, Cape Town, South Africa

Takealot

Takealot is a South African e-commerce business founded under that name by Kim Reid and his team in 2011 after the acquisition and relaunch of the older Take2 online-retail business.

Founded 2011 · Cape Town, South Africa

Transnet Pipelines

Transnet Pipelines operates South Africa’s state-owned pipeline network and is a partner in the proposed Zululand Energy Terminal and the planned Lilly pipeline gas-repurposing work.

Zululand Energy Terminal

ZET is the Vopak Terminal Durban–Transnet Pipelines partnership developing a proposed LNG import terminal at Richards Bay. Its current project page targets a 2028 FID and says pre-FEED is under way.