Johannesburg-based energy company Sasol has hired Benny Mokaba as an executive director.

Mokaba will assume responsibility for Sasol's energy businesses in South Africa, including Sasol's synfuels, mining, gas, and liquid fuels businesses. Mokaba will be a member of both the Sasol board and the group executive committee, and will be appointed as a director of various group companies and divisions.

Mokaba has had a highly successful career spanning industry, academia and government. He was