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Mayvis Gabela

Mayvis Gabela is a Noodsberg representative on the SA Canegrowers’ Congress.

KOMATIEPOORT, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 08: A woman arrives to work in a sugarcane field near the Kruger National Park on July 8, 2013 in Komatiepoort, South Africa. South Africa is the world’s tenth largest producer of sugarcane with growers annually producing an average of 19.9 million tons of sugarcane per year. The participation of black farmers working on sugarcane production is constantly increasing through the development and empowerment of previously disadvantaged people within their communities. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Scrap the sugar tax that harms black women canegrowers in particular

Scrapping the sugar tax is a far simpler intervention than land reform and would make a meaningful difference in women growers’ lives

  • Mayvis Gabela
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