South Africa, July 7 -- Sasol Oil won the award because they leveraged their massive corporate scale to execute a historic B-BBEE ownership deal benefiting millions of citizens, setting a powerful benchmark for national transformation. Rather than treating compliance as a paper exercise, the well-established South African brand demonstrated a genuine commitment to transformation through strong performance across all scorecard pillars, achieving broad-based impact via substantial programme expenditure and a high number of staff members positively affected.

The Sandton Convention Centre hosted the 25th Annual Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Awards 2026 organised by Topco Media, to celebrate the 2026 winners on 18 June. The evening was hoste...