In efforts to help address the pressing challenges of unemployment, the Silulo Foundation has launched a new walk-in business and career centre in Dunoon, near Milnerton in Cape Town. The centre, made possible through the support of the Astron Energy Development Fund (AEDF), is a significant milestone in the foundation’s ongoing commitment to create hope and a path to economic independence for under-resourced communities like Dunoon. The Silulo Foundation was established in 2023 to help bridge the digital divide so that disadvantaged communities and individuals are not left behind by the digital transformation. The foundation seeks to empower communities through
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Leading fuel company Astron Energy has signed a 10-year partnership extension agreement with one of South Africa’s leading forecourt retail brands, FreshStop. The deal sees Astron Energy, which operates a retail network of over 800 service stations in South Africa, continuing its 15-year journey with FreshStop, part of the Food Lover’s Market group of companies. Astron Energy operates a network of Astron Energy and Caltex service stations. Currently, over 330 service stations feature a FreshStop, which house a number of on-the-go food offerings, as well as internationally renowned coffee brand Seattle Coffee Company at selected sites. Astron Energy CEO Thabiet Booley
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Astron Energy, which operates the second largest petroleum retail network in South Africa with over 850 service stations, has unveiled its new-look service stations. The rebrand from Caltex to Astron Energy is the most significant change in the South African liquid fuels industry in three decades. It is also a key milestone in Astron Energy’s ambition of becoming the next biggest fuel brand in South Africa. The first Astron Energy sites to feature the new brand include: Chuenespoort along the R37 in Limpopo KwaMakhuta in Amanzimtoti, KZN Nandi in eThekweni, KZN MACS in Brooklyn, Cape Town The entire network of
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Two Gauteng schools and a non-profit organisation in Pretoria were the grateful recipients of a state-of-the-art mobile digital library, each containing 40 computer tablets, a laptop and a printer. The digital libraries were donated to the Simunye Primary School and Landulwazi Comprehensive School in Thokoza in Johannesburg, and the Kea Mpane Foundation in Arcadia, Pretoria, by Astron Energy, South Africa’s second largest petroleum network with over 850 Caltex-branded service stations in SA and Botswana. The Kea Mpane Foundation is aimed at building excellence in the Supply Chain industry by nurturing the next generation of professionals and young business minds. Winny
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Here it is! New times call for new energy and Astron Energy today revealed its new brand identity and a sneak peek into what its network of Caltex service stations – recently voted No1 for customer service in the petrol station industry in South Africa – will look like when over 850 retail sites will be rebranded to Astron Energy. The unveiling of Astron Energy’s new logo and corporate colours, as well as the design of its forecourts, is another important step in the Company’s ambition to become the next biggest fuel brand in South Africa. Astron Energy is South
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