Financial services · Investment holding company
SAB Zenzele Kabili
JSE-listed broad-based black economic empowerment vehicle that holds shares in AB InBev rather than direct equity in SAB.
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20 published organisations
Consumer goods · Brewing
SABMiller
Former international brewer created from SAB’s expansion and the 2002 Miller transaction, acquired by AB InBev in 2016.
Financial Services · Life insurance
Sanlam Life Insurance
Regulated life-insurance company descended from the 1918 Sanlam mutual and wholly owned within the listed Sanlam group.
Financial Services · Insurance and investment holding company
Sanlam Limited
JSE-listed financial-services group formed through Sanlam’s 1998 demutualisation, with institutional roots in the 1918 life insurer.
Financial Services · General insurance
Santam
South African general insurer founded in 1918 and subject to Sanlam’s proposed 2026 scheme to acquire its remaining eligible shares.
Energy and chemicals · Integrated energy and chemicals
Sasol
Sasol is a listed South African energy and chemicals group built from a state-backed synthetic-fuels project established in 1950.
Energy and chemicals · Chemicals and industrial operations
Sasolburg Operations
Sasol’s first major production base, built during the 1950s and later redirected towards higher-value chemicals.
Energy and chemicals · Synthetic fuels and chemicals
Secunda Operations
Sasol’s integrated Mpumalanga production hub for synthetic fuels, chemicals and pipeline gas, developed through the Sasol Two and Sasol Three projects.
Retail · Operating company
Shoprite Checkers
Main trading subsidiary of Shoprite Holdings and the acquiring company named in the 2024 Pingo Delivery merger proceedings.
Retail · Food retail
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.
Consumer goods · Brewing
South African Breweries
South African brewer founded in 1895, now recorded as a wholly owned AB InBev group subsidiary.
Healthcare · Historical pharmaceutical manufacturing
South African Druggists
Historical pharmaceutical business acquired by Aspen in 1999, bringing established South African manufacturing operations.
Financial Services · Historical life insurer
Southern Life
Historical South African insurer included in the 1998 FirstRand merger and subsequently renamed FirstRand Insurance Limited.
Consumer services · Restaurants and franchising
Spur Corporation
JSE-listed South African restaurant franchisor whose operating history began with Allen Ambor’s first Spur in 1967.
Consumer services · Restaurants and franchising
Spur Steak Ranches
South African family restaurant brand founded by Allen Ambor in Newlands, Cape Town, in 1967.
Financial Services · Banking, insurance and asset management
Standard Bank Group
JSE-listed African financial-services parent whose history traces to John Paterson’s 1857 Port Elizabeth banking proposal.
Financial Services · Banking
Standard Bank South Africa
Main South African operating bank inside Standard Bank Group, distinct from the listed SBK parent company.
Financial Services · International banking
Standard Chartered
International banking group created in 1969 when the historic Standard Bank merged with the Chartered Bank.
Consumer services · Quick-service restaurants
Steers
South African restaurant brand that developed from George Halamandres’s early Johannesburg steakhouse ventures.
Investment holding · Historical international retail holding company
Steinhoff International
Former controlling shareholder of Pepkor whose successor Ibex disposed of its remaining Pepkor interest in July 2025.