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
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
Thousands of livelihoods in the sugar supply chain are expected to be impacted by the closure
Niren Tolsi on President Kgalema Motlanthe’s recent visit to a small KZN community: refreshing, no promises, but an activist vision of South Africa.
A senior police officer has been shot dead near Stanger in what is believed to have been a deliberate ambush targeting the officer.
