South Africa is being urged to accelerate its response to a looming natural gas “supply cliff”, which could arise in the coming four to five years unless alternative sources of supply are found to offset “tapering” imports from southern Mozambique. South Africa remains highly dependent on Sasol’s Pande and Temane production areas, with the gas used both by the JSE-listed group itself to produce fuel, power and chemicals in Secunda and Sasolburg, as well as by various industrial consumers in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
