Sasol has invested R25-million in several science and engineering faculties at universities countrywide, the oil and gas company said on Tuesday.

"Sasol injected an annual amount of R25-million into academia to ensure the development of world-class science and engineering graduates, to help retain and attract talented academics to teach at our universities, and to grow the engineering profession," said spokesperson Johann van Reede.

The group has already spent R75-million in upgrading research facilities and equipment at universities countrywide over the past three years, he added.

The tertiary institutions benefiting from the investment are the universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.

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