The South African Sugar Association will make payments for the 2023-24 season after sugar mills in northern KwaZulu-Natal defaulted on payments
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The farmers hope that new management at Tongaat’s sugar operations will bring stability to the industry
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Some farmers are opting to diversify to crops like macadamia nuts, bananas and avocados, but this takes time and money
Shakaskraal is a microcosm of what lies ahead for many towns KwaZulu-Natal if its ailing sugar mills collapse
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KwaZulu-Natal grower consortium wants to buy Tongaat Hulett operations
Companies in the country are using dry sugarcane waste to generate electricity
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/ 20 October 2008
Ines Ferreira dos Santos lives with four of her kids in a spacious house. ”With money from sugar cane we built this house,” says the 43-year-old.