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Exhibit 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

Name |  | Nature of business |  | Percentage ownership |  | Country of incorporation
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Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd(1) |  | Coal mining activities |  |  | 89,8 |  | South Africa
Sasol Mining Holdings (Pty) Ltd |  | Holding company for the group's mining interests |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd |  | Engineering services, research and development and technology transfer |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Financing Limited |  | Management of cash resources, investment and procurement of loans (for South African operations) and other general treasury activities |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Investment Company (Pty) Ltd |  | Holding company for the group's foreign investments and investment in moveable and immovable property |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol South Africa Limited |  | Integrated petrochemicals and energy company. |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd |  | Production and marketing of liquid fuels, base oils, lubricants and other products |  |  | 75 |  | South Africa
Sasol International Services Limited |  | Buying and selling of crude oil |  |  | 100 |  | United Kingdom
Sasol Chemical Holdings International (Pty) Ltd |  | Holding company for some of the Sasol Group's international chemical business interests |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol UK Limited |  | Marketing and distribution of chemical products |  |  | 100 |  | United Kingdom
Sasol Chemicals Pacific Limited |  | Marketing and distribution of chemical products |  |  | 100 |  | Hong Kong
Sasol Gas (Pty) Ltd |  | Selling, marketing and transportation of gas and any related services |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol New Energy Holdings (Pty) Ltd |  | Investment in research, design and construction for the production, storage, marketing, delivery and sale of low carbon and renewable energy and related products, co-products or by-products |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Africa (Pty) Ltd |  | Exploration, development, production, marketing and distribution of natural oil and gas and associated products |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Canada Exploration and Production Limited |  | General partner in, and management of, the Sasol Canada Exploration and Production Limited Partnership which holds Sasol's upstream interests in the Sasol Progress Energy Canada Ltd partnership in Canada |  |  | 100 |  | Canada

Name |  | Nature of business |  | Percentage ownership |  | Country of incorporation
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Sasol Canada Holdings Limited |  | Exploration, development, production, marketing and distribution of natural oil and gas and associated products in Canada |  |  | 100 |  | Canada
Sasol Middle East and India (Pty) Ltd |  | Develop and implement international GTL and CTL ventures and any other related matters |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Wax International GmbH |  | Holding company for Sasol Wax operations (outside South Africa) |  |  | 100 |  | Germany
Sasol Wax GmbH |  | Production, marketing and distribution of waxes and wax related products |  |  | 100 |  | Germany
National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Ltd |  | Refining of petroleum feedstocks into finished and unfinished petroleum products |  |  | 47,73 | (2) | South Africa
Sasol Chemie GmbH and Co. KG |  | Investment in Sasol Germany GmbH, Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH and Sasol Performance Chemicals GmbH |  |  | 100 |  | Germany
Sasol Germany GmbH |  | Production, marketing and distribution of chemical products |  |  | 100 |  | Germany
Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH |  | Production and marketing of solvents |  |  | 100 |  | Germany
Sasol Italy SpA |  | Trading and transportation of oil products, petrochemicals and chemical products and derivatives |  |  | 99,95 |  | Italy
Sasol Holdings (USA) (Pty) Ltd |  | Holding company for the group's interests in the United States |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC |  | Production, marketing and distribution of chemical products |  |  | 100 |  | United States
Sasol Holdings (Asia Pacific) (Pty) Ltd |  | Holding company for the group's Asia Pacific investments |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol European Holdings Limited |  | Resale of Sasol chemical products into UK / Ireland market area |  |  | 100 |  | United Kingdom
Sasol Financing International Limited |  | Management of cash resources, investments and procurement of loans (for our foreign operations) |  |  | 100 |  | South Africa
Sasol (USA) Corporation |  | Holds and manages our interests and operations in the United States |  |  | 72 |  | United States

(1)
  This represents our effective holding through Sasol Mining Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
(2)
  This represents our effective holding through our 75% interest in Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd.

INCORPORATED JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES

Name |  | Nature of business |  | Interest % |  | Country of incorporation
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Chevron Sasol EGTL Limited |  | Investment activities in relation to the Escravos gas-to-liquids project |  | 10% S class shares |  | Bermuda
Ixia Coal (Pty) Ltd |  | Investment activities Sasol Mining |  | 49 |  | South Africa
ORYX GTL Limited (QSC) |  | Manufacturing and marketing of synthetic fuels from gas |  | 49 |  | Qatar
Sasol Chevron Holdings Limited |  | Marketing of Escravos GTL products |  | 50 |  | Bermuda
Sasol-Huntsman GmbH & Co KG |  | Manufacturing of chemical products |  | 49,5 Limited partner |  | Germany
Sasol Chevron Nigeria Limited |  | Personal, technical services and training to the Escravos GTL facility in Nigeria |  | 50 |  | Nigeria
Sasol Dyno Nobel (Pty) Ltd |  | Manufacturing and distribution of explosives |  | 50 |  | South Africa
Petromoc E Sasol SARL |  | Retail and commercial marketing of liquid fuels; petrol, diesel, illuminating paraffin, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fuel oil and lubricants in Mozambique |  | 49 |  | Mozambique
Strategic Energy Technology Systems Private Limited |  | Prospecting, exploration, production, exploitation of mineral oil, petroleum, oil, gas and other similar or allied substances |  | 50 |  | India
Central Termica de Ressano Garcia (CTRG SA) |  | Production, generation, transport and commercialisation of electrical energy, including export, construction operation and management of a power plant |  | 49 |  | Mozambique
Sasol Wilmar Alcohol Industries (Lianyungang) Co Ltd |  | Development, production, sale and distribution of oleochemical based alcohol, surfactant, auxiliaries, petroleum additives, leather chemicals, water treatment auxiliaries, etc |  | 50 |  | China
Gemini HDPE LLC |  | Construction of the high-density polyethylene plant |  | 50 |  | United States
Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (Pty) Ltd (ROMPCO) |  | Owning and operating the natural gas transmission pipeline between Temane in Mozambique and Secunda in South Africa for the transportation of natural gas produced in Mozambique to markets in Mozambique and South Africa |  | 50 |  | South Africa

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Exhibit 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
INCORPORATED JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES