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About Us
SASA is governed by the Sugar Act 1978, the Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000, amended 2018 (SIA) and the SASA Constitution, amended 2018. To access the Transitional Provisions, click here.
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 R20 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, over a century old and now digital, is the industry’s official publication. Released quarterly, it covers developments in milling, growing, research, and social investment. Visit www.sasugar.co.za for the latest edition.
In the Media
SASA Welcomes Adoption of Vision Parties’ Business Rescue Plan
The South African Sugar Association (SASA), a regulatory body for the sugar industry, has welcomed the creditors’ vote in favour of the adoption of Vision Parties’ business rescue plan, thereby averting…
Innovate Or Die: Reimagining The Sugar Cane Industry
Just seven months before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc in the world, Dr Bennie Fanaroff – the former founding director of the world-acclaimed Square Kilometre Array South Africa, former deputy director-general in the office of the late revered…
Agoa Forum I Discussions Afoot On Trade Instrument Between The Us And Sub-saharan Africa
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) must ensure that the continent is fully benefiting from the trade instrument between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. That’s according to African trade…
