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How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN
Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets
Tau leads drive to save Tongaat Hulett
The government says the ailing company is a crucial player in South Africa’s sugar value chain and its demise would have ‘far-reaching and devastating consequences’ for the sector
Tongaat Hulett collapse looms
Vision, the lead secured lender to the troubled sugar giant, said it was committed to saving the company and jobs despite the business rescue process failing
Not so sweet: Sugar industry stakeholders fight about funding
Small-scale and black-owned sugarcane farmers along with land reform beneficiaries have received R238.9 million in funding for transformation, but transparency has now become an…
Sugarcane farmers ‘living in anxiety’ with industry still in business rescue
Tongaat Hulett can only exit business rescue once the approved plan is largely implemented or the company is no longer financially distressed
Tongaat Hulett business rescue on, but industry concerned over R900m in unpaid levies
Vision Partners say they will “engage and settle” with the SA Sugar Association
UPDATED: Crucial Tongaat Hulett creditors vote is postponed again as parties head to court over unpaid industry levies
ANC funder Robert Gumede’s bid for the sugar giant may be on the rocks
Black, small-scale sugarcane growers hit by Tongaat Hulett woes get R176m lifeline
The South African Sugar Association will make payments for the 2023-24 season after sugar mills in northern KwaZulu-Natal defaulted on payments
Small-scale sugarcane farmers welcome potential sale of Tongaat Hulett
The farmers hope that new management at Tongaat’s sugar operations will bring stability to the industry
Tongaat Hulett sugar division to be sold to a Tanzanian firm
The acquiring company will also buy Tongaat’s investments in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana
Illovo Sugar won’t buy Tongaat Hullet’s assets
Eight companies are interested in bidding for either a full purchase of the company or parts of it
Warning labels are food for thought
The sugar industry says new regulations aimed at combating health problems will hurt profits and jobs, but a civil society coalition strongly disagrees
SA Canegrowers calls for action amid milling crisis
The industry must be protected from cheap imports and mills must continue operating because nonpayments affects farmers and industry partners
After Tongaat, KZN sugar mill Gledhow seeks business rescue
Thousands of livelihoods in the sugar supply chain are expected to be impacted by the closure
Anxious wait for farmers as Tongaat Hulett money crisis grips
Next season is also under threat if sugar giant’s mills close