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The more than R20 billion South African sugar industry ranks in the global top 25 for cost-competitiveness.

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SA Sugar Association Urges Halt on Sugar Tax Increase Until 2030 for Sustainability of Industry

The SA sugar industry, with its sugarcane growing and milling activities responsible for more than 25 000 sugarcane growers, creating 65 000 direct jobs and 270 000 jobs indirectly, stands as a pillar of economic opportunity in the country’s agricultural landscape and is central to the rural economies of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

Sugar industry wary of persistent challenges

Power Boardroom: The Current State of South Africa’s Sugar Industry

Sugar industry struggles amid Health Promotion Levy

Persistent challenges threatening the sugar industry’s sustainability

About Us

SASA is governed by the Sugar Act 1978, the Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000, amended 2024 (SIA) and the SASA Constitution, amended 2024.

The administration of SASA Council is governed by the SASA Constitution. Through SASA Council and its appointed committees, SASA ensures that its ethical foundation is entrenched by making informed and responsible decisions aimed at maintaining the sustainability of the sugar industry. The SASA Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons are responsible for the overall leadership of SASA.

The Executive Director is responsible for the execution of SASA’s mandate and approved strategy and its day-to-day operations including the maintenance of a fair workplace which includes employment equity, fair remuneration and the safety, health, dignity and development of employees. The Executive Director is supported by the executive management team.

 

SASA Diversification Report

The SASA Diversification Report is a publication designed to showcase the South African Sugar Association’s (SASA’s) commitment to promoting a more diversified sugarcane industry, premised on a reimagined sugarcane strategy, which puts more emphasis on innovation.

Sugar Industry at a Glance

The more than R25 billion South African sugar industry is cost-competitive, consistently ranking in the top 25 out of approximately 120 sugar-producing countries worldwide.

Stretching across two provinces of South Africa, namely Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, the sugar industry makes a positive difference to the lives of more than a million people and is a catalyst to economic growth and development. The South African sugar industry is a significant contributor to the national fiscus, and operates in rural areas of the country.

The economic impact of the industry has proven over decades to be so significant that entire towns, for example, Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal and Malelane in Mpumalanga among many other rural towns and regional centers, have been established based on the business of growing sugarcane and supplying sugar.

South African Sugarcane Value Chain Master Plan to 2030

Interdict Papers in Durban High Court Case No. 13763/2023

The application seeks urgently to interdict the meeting that the Business Rescue Practitioners of Tongaat Hulett Limited (in business rescue) (“THL”) have called on Friday, 8 December 2023 at 08h00 to consider and vote on the business rescue plan published on 29 November 2023.

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Latest Sugar Industry News

The South African Sugar Journal is the only official voice of the industry. It contains the latest information regarding the developments in the industry. It is more than one hundred years old and offers relevant information about milling, growing, research and social investment within the sugar industry and has gone digital. It is published on a quarterly basis. Please visit www.sasugar.co.za to view the latest edition of the South African Sugar Journal.

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