SA Canegrowers

Sugarcane farmer associations appeal to government to scrap sugar tax or extend moratorium on increases to save sector from collapse

SA Canegrowers and the South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) are extremely concerned that any increase to the already devastating sugar tax (the Health Promotion Levy –...

News & Events

3 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

SA Canegrowers is disappointed that Tongaat Hulett is appealing the high court judgement ordering it to pay levies

SA Canegrowers is disappointed that sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL) has chosen to approach the Supreme Court to appeal that it must pay almost R526 million in statutory levie...

News & Events

2 Aug 2024 · 2 min read

SA Canegrowers hopes new Tongaat ownership will honour R526 million of outstanding levies

SA Canegrowers takes note of the Competition Commission’s recommendation that Vision consortium’s bid for Tongaat Hulett be approved and hopes now that the consortium commits to hono...

Crops

25 Jun 2024 · 2 min read

Parliament must hold Treasury accountable for destructive, unsubstantiated sugar tax

SA Canegrowers has written to the chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance requesting oversight into National Treasury’s policy making regarding the Health Promotion...

News & Events

20 Feb 2023 · 3 min read

Tongaat Hulett payment to small-scale growers welcomed but payment to commercial growers still outstanding

SA Canegrowers has confirmed reports that some small-scale growers supplying the Tongaat Hulett mills at Felixton, Amatikulu and Maidstone have received the overdue payment for cane deli...

News & Events

7 Nov 2022 · 2 min read

Tongaat business rescue: Over R400 Million in Canegrower payments at immediate risk

SA Canegrowers is deeply concerned by the announcement that Tongaat Hulett Limited has entered its South African operations into business rescue due to the catastrophic consequences it h...

News & Events

31 Oct 2022 · 2 min read