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WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?
RAIN FED AREAS
SUGAR MILLS
IRRIGATED AREAS
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PubLICATIOnS
The SA Sugar Association has publications available to the public which describe in full detail the diverse aspects of the sugar industry. Please contact the External Affairs Division on 031 508 7026
PubLICATIOnS
• SASugarJournal–Availableonsubscription
EDuCATIOnAL bROCHuRES
• MapoftheSASugarIndustry
• NutritionEducationPrintMaterial
• IndustryEducationalMaterial–OBETeacher’sPack
InfORmATIOn DISTRIbuTED by THE SOuTH AfRICAn SugARCAnE RESEARCH InSTITuTE
Please contact the Librarian at 031 508 7514 or write to: The Librarian, SouthAfricanSugarcaneResearch Institute,PrivateBagX02,MountEdgecombe 4300. Email: library@sugar.org.za
• SASugarcaneResearchInstituteProgressReports
• TheLink(TechnicalNewsletter)
• TechnicalManuals
• InformationSheets
• ResearchReports
• HerbicideGuide
• Ingede(ZuluNewsletter)
• SASRIPosterSeries
• SugarcaneCertificateCourseNotes
• MechanisationReports
• InfoPackCD
• SASugarcaneAtlas
• CareersinSugarcaneAgriculture
• SASRIVisitors’Guide
WEbSITE For further information visit the SASA Website: http://www.sasa.org.za
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CONTENTS
THE SOuTH AfRICAn SugAR InDuSTRy
EconomicContribution 3 ContributiontoSustainableDevelopment andBroad-basedBlackEconomicEmpowerment 4 SugarandHealth 8 MarketCompetitiveness 9 IndustryStructure 11 CaneGrowinginSouthAfricaandthe
SACaneGrowers’Association(CANEGROWERS) 12
SugarMillingandRefiningandthe
SASugarMillers’AssociationLimited(SASMAL) 14
SouthAfricanSugarAssociation(SASA) 16
fACTS & fIguRES
IndustryProductionFiguresandGraphs 21
DIRECTORy
SA Sugar Association 28
SACaneGrowers’Association 32
LocalGrowerCouncilSecretaries 32
GrocaneAgriculturalFireInsurancePrimaryCo-OpLtd 33
SASugarMillers’AssociationLimited 34
IllovoSugarLimited 34
TongaatHulettSugarLimited 36
TsbSugarHoldings(Pty)Limited 38
GledhowSugarCompany(Pty)Limited 39
UCLCompanyLimited 39
UmfoloziSugarMillCompany(Pty)Limited 39
MillGroupBoards 40
ResearchOrganisations 41
LabourOrganisations 41
InDuSTRy InfORmATIOn
HistoricalHighlights 42
Publications 45
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SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2011/2012
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SOuTH AfRICAn SUGAR INDUSTRY
The South African sugar industry is one of the world’s leading cost competitive producers of high quality sugar and makes an important contribution to employment and sustainable socio-economic development, particularly in rural areas, and also to the national economy.
It is a diverse industry combining the agricultural activities ofsugarcane cultivation with the manufacture of raw and refined sugar, syrups,specialisedsugarsandarangeofby-productsandco-products.
Thecane-growingsectorcomprisesapproximately29130registeredsugarcane growers farming predominantly in KwaZulu-Natal withsubstantial operations in Mpumalanga, and some sugar-caneproductionintheEasternCape.Sugarismanufacturedbysixmillingcompanieswith14sugarmillsoperatinginthecane-growingregions.
The industry produces an average of 2,2 million tons of sugar per season.About70%ofthissugarismarketedintheSouthernAfricanCustoms Union (SACU). The remainder is exported to markets inAfrica,AsiaandtheMiddleEast.
ECOnOmIC COnTRIbuTIOn
SugAR AnD THE ECOnOmy
TheSouthAfricansugarindustrymakesanimportantcontributiontothe national economy, given its agricultural and industrial investments, foreignexchangeearnings,itshighemployment,anditslinkageswithmajor suppliers, support industries and customers. Sugarcane is the second largest South African field crop by gross value, surpassed only by maize.
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Based on revenuegenerated through sugar sales in the SACU regionas well as world marketexports, the South African sugar industry generates an annual estimated average direct income of over R8 billion. This constitutes R5,1 billion in the value of sugarcane production with the balance being the contribution of the milling companies.
EmPLOymEnT
The sugar industry provides direct employment in cane production and processing, and indirect employment in numerous support industries in the provinces where sugarcane is grown and processed, namelyKwaZulu-Natal,MpumalangaandtheEasternCape.
Direct employment within the sugar industry is approximately 79 000 jobs, which represents a significant percentage of the total agricultural workforce in South Africa. Indirect employment isestimated at 350 000. In addition there are approximately 29 130registered cane growers supplying cane for processing to sugar mills. Approximately onemillion people,more than 2% of South Africa’spopulation, depend on the sugar industry for a living.
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SuSTAInAbLE DEvELOPmEnT AnD bROAD-bASED bLACK ECOnOmIC EmPOWERmEnT
The sugar industry’s focus on producing a high quality, profitable and cost effective product is complemented by its focus on sustainable development. The industry is a major contributor to rural development, an area often neglected in an urbanizing society. Industry focus includes the promotion of economic transformation, social investment and sustainable environmental practises.
Inadditiontoinitiativesundertakenasanindustry,theSouthAfricanCaneGrowers’AssociationandthesugarmillingcompaniesundertakedevelopmentprojectsandareinvolvedinBroad-basedBlackEconomicEmpowerment(BBBEE)througharangeofimportantinitiatives.
ECOnOmIC TRAnSfORmATIOn
Theindustry’sinitiativesintheareaofeconomictransformationcouldbest be summarised under its commitment to Broad-based BlackEconomic Empowerment, with focus on land reform, agricultural support services, employment equity and enterprise ownership.
Land Reform
The South African sugar industry has long recognised the need to promote diverse ownership of agricultural land under sugarcane and have a range of support instruments in place to promote the sustainability of such initiatives. As a result, 19,8% of freehold land undersugarcanehasalreadybeentransferredtoblackgrowers.
Inordertoprogressthe industry’s targetof30%blackownershipoffreehold sugarcane land by 2014, the industry initially established an independentlandreformentity,calledInkezoLandCompanyin2004.Inkezo’sprimaryobjectivewastostreamlinetransferofownershipofland to black farmers, and promoting the sustainability of the newventures through targeted support services.
However,thelackofacomprehensiveandprogrammaticapproachtothe restitution of land to dispossessed communities has since emerged as a fundamental determinant of the future sustainability of the sugar industry. The industry has consequently expanded its focus on land reform to also deal with land restitution processes and outcomes. In order to optimally integrate the required support services andstructures with those already available in SASA, this expanded activity hasbeenincorporatedintoSASA’sExternalAffairsDivision.I
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ThekeyobjectiveofthisexpandedLandReformfunctionistofacilitateandco-ordinateactivitiesthatsupportthesustainabletransferofland,by providing a comprehensive developmental support programme. This programme will promote re-establishment of optimal levelsof sugarcane production, deliver skilled and capacitated farmers,promote good governance amongst the new land holding institutions, and sustainable business enterprises. Key focus areas are:
• An integrated land acquisition and post transfer supportbusiness process for the sugar industry, one that will clearly identifythesupportrolesofindustrystakeholders;
• A comprehensive farmer support programme for land reformbeneficiaries(training,skillsdevelopment,mentorship);
• Aprogrammaticapproachtowardsthesettlementofoutstandingrestitution claims in the industry, and
• Leveragingfinancialandtechnicalresources,anddevelopingafinancing model to enable land reform beneficiaries to access loan finance.
Agricultural Support Services
The South African sugar industry has a long history of promoting and supportingsmall-scalefarmersontriballand.Buildingontheextensiveinfrastructureandnetworkofthegrowersandmillers,theindustryhasbeen able to engage effectively in ongoing delivery related projects.
Mentorship programmes focussing on business skills and growersupport extension services are deployed to support cane growing activities.TheSouthAfricanCaneGrowers’Associationalsoprovidestechnicalskillstrainingfornewandemergingcanegrowers,accountsandfinancialmanagementworkshops,regionaleconomicadvisors,a
growersupportserviceofficerandaccesstoaspecialVATanddieseldispensationforsmall-scalegrowers.TheSouthAfricanCaneGrowers’Association has bolstered its regional economic service to provide local levelsupporttonewmedium-scaleblackgrowerswhohaveenteredtheindustrysince1994,includingbeneficiariesofgovernment’slandreform programme.
The milling companies provide extensive service in support of the cane-growing operations of small- medium- and large-scale blackfarmers.
TheSouthAfricanSugarAssociationprovidesin-fieldtrainingtosmall-scale growers, offers certified courses in sugarcane agriculture and provides technology transfer and extension.
Employment Equity
All participants in the industry promote compliance with the Employment Equity Act, and have integrated Employment Equity and Skills Development Plans in place that are monitored and updatedannually. These have targets for recruiting, developing and promoting people from designated groups.
Enterprise Ownership
Participants in the sugar industry have been actively promoting and implementing the objectives of the Broad-based Black EconomicEmpowerment Act. Progress has been made towards transforming the ownershipprofileoftheindustry.InitiativesembarkeduponbySouthAfricanmillingcompanieshaveresultedinincreasedblackownershipof sugar manufacturing capacity. I
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SOCIAL InvESTmEnT
Thesugarindustry’sinvolvementinsocialinvestmentincludesprojectsin the areas of Enterprise Development, Health and Welfare, andHumanResourceDevelopment.
EnTERPRISE DEvELOPmEnT
The industry is involved in numerous projects such as the provision ofseedfundingtoassistruralblackwomen,youthandcommunitiestoestablishco-operativesandtoaccessrealeconomicopportunities.Theenterprisedevelopmentprogrammesseek toacceleratepeople'saccess to employment opportunities and increase their participation in the mainstream economy.
HEALTH AnD WELfARE
The staggering challenge of poverty, HIV and AIDS, unemploymentand household food insecurity not only affects the quality of life of the indigent, it also threatens the social stability of these vulnerable communities. Meeting these challenges is a priority of the sugarindustry. The industry works in partnership with non-governmentalorganisations supporting vulnerable communities in order to respond to these issues.
HumAn RESOuRCE DEvELOPmEnT
Human resource development is a major area of social investmentfor the sugar industry. The following initiatives are maintained by the industry to promote human resource development, and are primarily focusedonpromotingBroad-basedBlackEconomicEmpowerment:
Educational Support
TheSugarIndustryTrustFundforEducation(SITFE)was launchedin1965asaprivatesector initiative,andisoneofSouthAfrica’soldesteducation and training programmes. To date SITFE has providedbursaries to approximately 10 000 students, financed school building projects, given assistance to tertiary institutions, and worked withcommunity-basededucationalauthoritiestoimproveoveralleducationstandards.
Agricultural and Engineering Training
TheShukelaTrainingCentre(STC)providestraininginAgricultureandEngineering.AgriculturaltrainingisspecifictotheSugarIndustryandprovides a support to new entrants into sugarcane farming, as well as ongoingsupporttoexistingfarmers.Theskills-basedtrainingismainlyconducted on the farm. Engineering training is mainly for apprentices andSTCcoversawidespectrumoftrades.Theinstitutionaltrainingtakes place at the nationally acclaimed Training Centre in MountEdgecombe. The Centre is an accredited decentralised trade testcentre and services the sugar and other industries.
Technology Transfer
ResearchconductedbytheSouthAfricanSugarcaneResearchInstitute(SASRI)contributestotheprofitabilityandsustainabilityoftheindustrywhilst encouraging environmentally responsible farming practices. Outputs from the various research programmes at the Institute aretransformed into practical knowledge and technology products.Training and development takes place through annual CertificateCoursesinSugarcaneAgricultureandthroughaseriesofinterventionsbyanetworkofextensionspecialists.
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The Sugar Milling Research Institute (SMRI) is the central scientificorganisation involved in research work and technical services forthe southern African sugar manufacturing/milling industries. It wasfounded in 1949 and is located on the Durban campus of the UniversityofKwaZulu-Natal.
Health Education
Thekey focalareaof theSouthAfricanSugarAssociation'sNutritionDepartment is to communicate science-based information onnutrition, especially the role of sugar as part of a balanced diet and healthylifestyletohealth;educationandmediaprofessionalsandthewider public. The programme contributes to capacity building and continued professional development of these professionals through support of nutrition research, congresses and nutrition education.
SuSTAInAbLE EnvIROnmEnT
The South African Sugar Association promotes sound and sustainable environmental practices within the industry in line with national legislation and international requirements. This is achieved through knowledge transfer of sugarcane environmental research, includingthe development of better management practices, support of environmental committees located in the sugarcane producing areas, and collaboration with organisations such as the World Wide Fund forNature,andtheWildlifeandEnvironmentSocietyofSouthAfrica.These interventions promote and facilitate sustainable environmental management in the sugar industry.
REnEWAbLE EnERgy
The South African sugar industry has the potential to make asignificant contribution to government’s objectivesin the area of green and renewable energy such as the generation of renewable electricity and bio-ethanol.
At present, the 14 sugar mills in South Africa are designed for energy balance, which means that they use the biomass produced during the processing of sugarcane, called bagasse, to generate steam and electricity for their own internal needs. However, these factories can be modified tomaximise the biomass energy available for electricity generation, and in doing so produce significant quantities of renewable energy that could be supplied onto the national energy grid.
LeadinginternationallycompetitivesugarcaneindustriessuchasBraziland India have alreadydevelopedmarkets for renewable energy fortheir sugarcane-based value-chains. Revenue from sugar production,electricitygenerationand fuelethanolproductionarekey to the fullvalue extraction of sugarcane, and is core to secure a sustainable future for sugar cane and the rural economic regions in which the sugar industry operates in South Africa.
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SugAR AnD HEALTH
Sugar is a natural sweetener of plant origin and it is a pure carbohydrate and 100% natural. Sugars made by plants are classifiable as sucrose, glucose and fructose. All three are found in varying amounts in most fruits and many vegetables. All carbohydrate rich foods, once digested, provide glucose, the primary fuel for the body. The source of the carbohydrate is not significant in a dietary context. The sucrose from sugar cane is identical to the sucrose present in fruits and vegetables.
The growing incidence in chronic diseases of lifestyle such as diabetes, cardio-vascular disease and obesity,especially in children, has focused the attention of policymakers and media on the consumption offats and sugar, and the potential contribution of these essential ingredients to the diseases of lifestyle epidemic. Unbalanced and scientifically inaccurate reporting on sugar consumption has led to excessive and negative speculation regarding the value of sugar as part of a balanced diet.
EminentbodiessuchastheWorldHealthOrganisationandtheFoodandAgriculturalOrganisationagreethatsugar, like other carbohydrate-containing foods, hasan indispensable role to play in balanced diets. These bodies concluded that there is no evidence of sugar being the direct cause of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity or cancer.I
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mARKET COmPETITIvEnESS
SouthAfricacontinuestobeoneoftheworld’sleadingcostcompetitiveproducers of high quality sugar. According to independent surveys of the costs of production of more than100 global sugar industries, the SouthAfrican sugar industry consistently ranks amongst the top15.Its excellent export infrastructure, world-renowned agricultural andindustrialresearchplatformsandefficientindustryorganisationarekeydrivers of excellence.
Despite its comparative production efficiencies, the South African sugar industry finds it difficult at times to export profitably to the
worldmarket,astheglobalsugarpriceisseverelyaffectedbysubsidy-induced overproduction in some major sugar-producing countries.Accesstothemajormarketsforrawandrefinedsugarisfurthermorerestricted by high tariffs and preferential trade arrangements in the formof tariff ratequotas. These sameglobalmarketdistortions alsothreaten the maintenance of a profitable and sustainable sugar price onthedomesticmarket.
Government’s strategic support for the SouthAfrican sugar industryrecognisesthedistortednatureoftheworldmarketforsugar,andthesevere impact of producer support measures on price determination on the global market. Based on these considerations governmentsupport includes intervention in the following three areas: tariff protectionagainstdisruptivelylowworldsugarprices;provisionfortheestablishmentofequitableexportobligationsformillersandgrowers;andtheSugarCooperationAgreementbetweenthemembersoftheSouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity.
The South AfricanGovernment’s support in these areas is endorsedin theDepartment of Trade and Industry’s Strategy for theOptimalDevelopmentof the Sugar Industrywithin the contextof the SouthAfrican Customs Union and the Southern African DevelopmentCommunity.
TARIff PROTECTIOn
Theindustryissupportedthroughadollar-basedreferencepricetariffsystemthatisbasedonthelong-termaverageworldpriceforsugar,adjusted for distortions, which only delivers protection when the world price drops below a reference price.
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EquITAbLE ExPORT ObLIgATIOnS
The profitability of the industry’s exports to the world market isseverelyaffectedbyasubsidy-inducedoversupplyofglobaldemand.The South African sugar industry exports approximately 40% of its sugar production to theworldmarket at priceswhich are normallysubstantially below the domestic sugar price. In order to distributeexposuretotheworldmarketequitablyamongstgrowersandmillers,a redistribution of proceeds is effected via the South African Sugar Association.TheSugarActandtheSugarIndustryAgreementprovideregulatory support for this redistribution of proceeds.
THE SOuTHERn AfRICAn DEvELOPmEnT COmmunITy SugAR COOPERATIOn AgREEmEnT
A Southern African Development Community (SADC) SugarCo-operationAgreementhasbeenestablishedandisincorporatedintotheSADCTradeProtocol. ARegionalSugarStrategyandassociatedAction Plan have been developed to advance the objectives of the Agreement.
ThemainobjectivesoftheSADCSugarCo-operationAgreementare-
• To promote,within the region, production and consumption ofsugar and sugar-containing products according to fair tradingconditionsandanorderlyregionalmarketinsugarforthesurvivalof the sugar industries in all sugar producing member states, in anticipationoffreerglobaltrade;
• Tocreateastableclimatefor investment, leadingtogrowthanddevelopmentofsugarindustriesinthememberstates;
• To improvethecompetitivenessof thesugar-producingmemberstatesintheworldmarket;
• Tofacilitatethesharingofinformation,researchandtrainingwitha view to improve the efficiency of growers, millers and refiners of sugarinmemberstates;
• To facilitate the development of small and medium sugarenterprises;and
• To create stable market conditions in the member states so asto encourage the development of all sugar industries with a view of facilitating direct foreign investment and the creation of employment opportunities.
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InDuSTRy STRuCTuRE
COunCIL Of THE SA SugAR ASSOCIATIOn
The South African Sugar Association administers the partnership on behalf of the SouthAfricanCaneGrowers’Associationandthe South African Sugar Millers’ AssociationLtd. As equal partners, each member elects eleven councillors to sit on the SA Sugar Association Council. The Chairmanshipand Vice-Chairmanship of Council usuallyalternates every two years between a grower and a miller.
The South African Sugar Association is an autonomous organisation and operates free ofgovernmentcontrol.IntermsoftheSugarActandSugar IndustryAgreement, statutorypowers of self governance are granted to the sugar industry.
The South African Sugar Association’sadministrative and industrial activities and organisations are financed from the proceeds ofthesaleoflocalandexportsugars.Itsaffairsare administered by the Council of the SASugar Association.
ORGANISATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY
SA SUGAR MILLERS’ ASSOCIATION LTD
SA CANE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION
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CAnE gROWIng IN SOUTH AFRICA
The approximately 29 130 registered sugarcane growers annually produce on average 19.9 million tons of sugarcane from 14 mill supply areas, extending from Northern pondoland in the Eastern Cape to the Mpumalanga Lowveld. More than 27 580 are small-scale growers, of whom 13 871 delivered cane last season, producing 8,59% of the total crop. With the growth of economic development and empowerment of previously disadvantaged people, the participation of black farmers in sugarcane production is constantly increasing.
Thereareapproximately1550 large-scalegrowers (inclusiveof378black emerging farmers) who produce 84,69% of total sugarcaneproduction.Millingcompanieswiththeirownsugarestatesproduce6,72% of the crop.
SA CAnE gROWERS’ ASSOCIATIOn
The South African Cane Growers’ Association (CANEGROWERS) was established in 1927 to administer the interests of independent sugarcane growers. CANEGROWERS is a Section 21 Company (incorporated not for gain) and individual growers are members through the 26 grower groups which make up the member organisations of CANEGROWERS. In each mill area all member organisations are represented by a Local Grower Council.
The democratic nature of the representation structure allows for the electionofanyindividualcanefarmertotheExecutiveCommitteeorChairmanshipof the organisation. This, typically,wouldbe througha region's Local Farmers' Association, its Local Grower Council,the centrally based Board of Directors (54 members) from whicha Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected annually, and finallyto the Executive Committee (11 members). An Executive Director,management team and staff administer the day to day business of CANEGROWERS,to:
• Ensure that cane growers receive fair value for their sugar cane.
• Provide cane growers with relevant research, data and support services to facilitate successful farming regions.
• EnsurethatCANEGROWERSisrecognisedbyallstakeholdersas the duly mandated and effective representative of all cane growers in South Africa.
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SugAR mILLIng & REFINING
The milling sector of the industry employs upwards of 7 000 people in 14 sugar mills and at the companies’ administration offices in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. Illovo Sugar Ltd and Tongaat Hulett Sugar Ltd own four mills each while Tsb Sugar Holdings (proprietary) Ltd owns three mills. Gledhow Sugar Company (pty) Ltd, UCL Company Ltd and Umfolozi Sugar Mill (pty) Ltd own one mill each. Two of the mills owned by Tsb Sugar Holdings (proprietary) Ltd are located in the Mpumalanga province while the remainder of the mills are located in the KwaZulu-Natal province.
Four of themills are known as “white end”millsand produce their own refined sugar. Part of the raw sugar produced by Tsb Sugar Holdings (Pty)LtdisrefinedattheMalalane“whiteend”mill,andthe balance is exported via the sugar terminal in Maputo,Mozambique.Therawsugarproducedatthe remaining mills that is not used by the milling companies for exports of bagged refined sugar or direct consumption raw sugar, is routed to Durban. Here it is either refined at the central refinery ofTongaat Hulett Sugar Ltd or stored at the SouthAfrican Sugar Association Sugar Terminal prior to export.Diversityisthekeyfactorintoday’shighlyintegrated sugar milling operations. Amongst others one of the mills produces a range of other products such as ethyl alcohol and furfural and its derivatives, although these activities are outside the industry partnership.
THE SOuTH AfRICAn SugAR mILLERS’ ASSOCIATIOn LImITED
This Association represents the interests of all sugar millers and refiners in South Africa. The Association's objectives cover partnership administrative matters, legislative measures affecting the industry, and support for training and scientific and technological research.
The Association is administered by an executive director and staff who undertaketheseactivitiesandwhointeractwiththeotherorganisationsonmattersconcerningtheindustry,particularlyCANEGROWERSandthe South African Sugar Association.
The members of the South African Sugar Millers' Association Limited are:
ILLOvO SugAR LImITED
IllovoSugarpresentlyoperatesfoursugarmillsinSouthAfrica,oneofwhichhasarefineryandtwowhichhavepackagingplants.Ithasthreecane growing estates and, in addition to producing speciality sugars andsyrup,alsoproducesavarietyofhigh-valuedownstreamproducts.
TOngAAT HuLETT SugAR LImITED
TongaatHulettSugarLimitedoperatesfoursugarmillsinSouthAfricatwo of which have packaging plants, a central refinery in Durbanwhich has its own packaging plant, various sugar estates and ananimal feeds operation.
TSb SugAR HOLDIngS (PTy) LTD
Tsb Sugar Holdings (Pty) Limited operates three sugarmills two ofwhichhaverefineries,apackagingplant,sugarestates,caneandsugartransport and an animal feed division.
gLEDHOW SugAR COmPAny (PTy) LImITED
On the 10 September 2009 Gledhow Sugar Company (Pty) Ltdcame into being. The company ownership is comprised of supplying growerswith25.1%equity;alongestablishedmiller(IllovoSugarLtd)with30.0%equity;apapermanufacturer(SappiLtd)with10%equity,andaBEEpartner(TheSokhelaFamilyTrust)with34.9%equity.Themillhasa35tonperhourrefineryandproducesEEC2qualitysugar.
uCL COmPAny LImITED
UCLCompanyLtdoperatesasugarmill,awattleextractfactory,twosaw mills, a number of mixed farms and a trading division.
umfOLOZI SugAR mILL (PTy) LImITED
TheUmfoloziMillisownedbytwoshareholders.Thefirstisagroupof cane growers with cane growing interests comprising a large cane growing company to the south, the largest cane grower in northern KwaZulu-Natal andanunlistedpublic companywhose shareholdersgrow sugar cane on the Umfolozi flats. The second is a large alcohol producing company in Durban.
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The South African Sugar Association (SASA) provides a range of specialist services that enhance the profitability, global competitiveness and sustainability of the South African sugar industry.
TheIndustryAffairs,CaneTestingService,NationalMarket,InternationalMarketingandExternalAffairsdivisionsofSASAserveinsupportoftheSugarActandtheSugarIndustryAgreement,andSASAalsooperatesthe Sugarcane Research Institute and the Shukela Training Centre.These divisions, as well as the internal support functions within SASA, are described in more detail below.
InDuSTRy AffAIRS
Administrating and facilitating adherence to the Sugar Act, the Sugar IndustryAgreementandtheSASAConstitution, istheresponsibilityofSASA’sIndustryAffairsDivision.
Joint decision-making on all matters affecting the partnership thatfall within the scope of the legislation and agreements governing the industry is undertaken by grower and miller representatives throughtheirparticipationinthemeetingsoftheSASACouncilanditsnumerouscommittees. The Industry Affairs Division is responsible for theadministrationofthisimportantandcomplexdecision-makingprocess.
Thedivision’s keyperformanceareas includePartnershipSupport andSecretariat services, responsibility for the Division of Proceeds and GrowerAdministration.
CAnE TESTIng SERvICE
The Cane Testing Service (CTS) provides a specialist service undercontract to individual Mill Group Boards to determine the qualityof individual grower cane deliveries to the mill for cane payment
purposes. This analytical chemistry service assesses the recoverable value content in cane delivered to the mill by growers, providing a neutral and objective basis on which to calculate recoverable value paymentbymillertogrower.TheCTSalsoprovidesatechnicalauditof the distribution between millers and growers ensuring fair and equitable division of proceeds.
nATIOnAL mARKET
The division is responsible for managing industry matters that affect the national market for sugar including statistically analysingsugar sales, supplies and demand, researching drivers of sugar demand,administeringaspectsofSACU/SADCsugaragreements,theadministration of industrial rebates.
InTERnATIOnAL mARKETIng
The marketing, sales and logistics related to South Africa’s bulkraw sugar is performed by the International Marketing Division.The division focuses on achieving maximum net proceeds within anacceptable levelof risk.The rawsugar is sold to refineries in theEast, Middle East and the United States, either directly or throughinternationaltradehouses.PriceriskismanagedbyhedgingthevalueofrawsugarexportsontheInterContinentalExchangeICEUSFuturesNo 11. Bulk raw sugar is exported through SASA’s Sugar Terminalin Durban and the STAM Terminal in Maputo, in which SASA is ashareholder.
ExTERnAL AffAIRS
This division operates in a range of areas that require specialist external communicationskills,withafocusoninternationalandregionaltradeissues, renewable energy, environment, development, land reform,
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nutrition,stakeholdercommunication,andspecialisedpublications.ThedivisionalsoadministerstheSugarIndustryTrustFundforEducation.
External Affairs is responsible for the development and maintenance of stakeholder relationships and the monitoring of local, regionaland global trade policies affecting the South African sugar industry. This includes representation on the International SugarOrganisation,the Global Alliance for the Liberalisation of Sugar Markets, theSADCTechnicalCommittee on Sugar, and theWorld Sugar ResearchOrganisation. External Affairs also liaises with other relevantinternationalorganisationssuchastheWorldTradeOrganisation,FoodandAgricultureOrganisationandtheInternationalFundforAgriculturalDevelopment. The work programme addresses a wide range of keyaudiences through direct contact with private enterprise, government andnon-governmentalorganisations.
SOuTH AfRICAn SugARCAnE RESEARCH InSTITuTE
TheSouthAfricanSugarcaneResearch Institute (SASRI) is the leadingsugarcaneagriculturalresearchinstituteinAfrica.TheInstituteisworld-renowned for its research into the development of new sugarcane varieties and improvement of crop management and farming systems to enhance profitability. Effective delivery of new knowledge andtechnologymakeasignificantcontributiontothesustainabilityoftheindustry.
ResearchatSASRIisclusteredwithinfourmulti-disciplinaryprogrammes:
• VarietyImprovementseekstobreedandselecthighyielding,pestand disease resistant varieties that meet industry requirements, using both conventional breeding and modern molecular technologies. Improved efficiency in variety production is a keyfocus area.
• Crop Protection research is aimed at minimising the impact ofweeds, pests and diseases on crop yields in environmentally
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and economically sustainable ways. Emphasis is placed on the integrated use of management practices on biosecurity issues through the development of proactive countermeasures and threat-specificincursionplans.
• TheCropPerformanceandManagementprogrammefocusesonenabling production of high quality sugarcane through optimal choice of varieties, appropriate use of ripeners, herbicides and fertilisers for enhanced soil sustainability, as well as efficient use of water and improved harvesting practices.
• The Systems Design and Optimisation programme is directedtowards investigating and developing innovative systems that optimise crop production through modeling, technology design and a farming systems approach. Development of appropriate technology transfer tools and practices is recognised as fundamental to improved adoption of research advice and sustainable sugarcane production.
SASRI’s extension service provides the essential link between SASRIresearchersandfarmersthroughconsultationandfeedback.Extension’s role is to facilitate the adoption of technology and better management practices that encourage responsible and sustainable land use and deliver optimal productivity and profitability. The extension service also communicatesstakeholderneedsbacktoSASRI.
A range of specialist and advisory services is provided to the industry. These services include biosecurity, biosafety, quarantine facilities and expertise, alien invasive weed biocontrol, crop forecasting, climate and related data, real time irrigation advice, specialist advice on policy development and implementation, GIS and mapping support. Otherservicesareprovidedonauser-paysbasisincludingspecialistadviceongrower problems as well as soil and leaf analyses through the Fertiliser AdvisoryService(FAS),anRSDdiagnosticservice,varietyfingerprintingand testing of new agrochemicals. Short courses in Sugarcane Agriculture at the junior and senior levels are also held annually.
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SHuKELA TRAInIng CEnTRE
Withtheslogan'Trainingtoday’speopleforSouthAfrica’stomorrow',the Shukela Training Centre (STC) is the preferred provider ofagricultural and engineering training to the sugar industry.
The Agricultural Training Department focuses on the sugar industry and providesskillsbasedtrainingtoallsugarcanefarmers.Thecoursestakeplace on the farms and the training has a high practical component and can be of benefit to new entrants into sugarcane growing, established commercialandsmall-scalegrowersandfarmworkers.
Engineering training is carried out at the Shukela Training Centrebased inMount Edgecombe, where accommodation is available forthe learners. The Centre proudly boasts training equipment thatspans the progress of technology. Learners are trained in electrical, electronics,fitting,millwright,refrigerationandweldingtrades.Beingade-centralisedtradetestcentre,apprenticescansittheirtradetestsoncetheyhavecompletedtheirapprenticeshiptraining.TheCentreisalsoaccreditedtotrainandtestfortheElectricalInstallationCertificateof Competency. STC holds overall accreditation with the AgriSETAand has programme approval with many other SETAs including the MERSETA,CHIETAandESETA.
fInAnCE
SASA’sFinanceDivisionprovidesManagementAccounting,FinancialAccounting, Taxation, Corporate Governance, Treasury, Payroll,Procurement, Facilities Management and associated administrationservicestoSASA.Itisalsoresponsibleformonthlyandannualfinancialreporting to the industry. The Treasury function includes the obtaining ofallfundsforindustryrequirements,forexamplecarry-overstockandforeignexchangeriskmanagement.
Through Autolab, the division provides expert support and development
of the Sugar Industry Laboratory InformationManagement Systems(LIMS)utilisedbyallsugarmillswithinSouthAfrica.LIMSisdesignedto manage growers’ estimates and allocations, and provides thesource data for determining payments for sugar deliveries by growers. Autolabalsodevelopsandmaintainsthesystemsthattracksugarcanethrough the milling process for the purpose of sampling and testing bythemillsandCaneTestingService(CTS)laboratories.
The Information Systems Department provides technical support tocomputer users in the SASA divisions. The department is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of all computer networkservices.TheweeklyprocessingoftheIndustrialSystemsthatdetermine cane payment amounts for growers who have delivered sugarcane to the mills is also performed by the department.
Umthombo Agricultural Finance provides savings facilities and administersloansforsmall-scalegrowersintheKwaZulu-Natal,EasternCapeandMpumalangaprovincesinSouthAfrica.
HumAn RESOuRCES
As a provider of specialist services, SASA's performance and servicelevelsarehighly reliantupontheperformanceandserviceofSASA'semployees.ThediversityoftheskillsSASAemploys,rangingfromhigh-level specialists to unionised industrial and agricultural labour, and thewidegeographical spreadofouroperations,makes theeffectivemanagement of people, their knowledge and their performanceparticularly important.
In support of this need, the Human Resources Division provides acomprehensive range of services to managers and employees in SASA, all of which aim to resource the organisation with highly competent and effective people who are committed to serving the best interests of the South African sugar industry.
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TOTAL CANE/SUGAR PRODUCTION: 1997/1998 TO 2010/2011
Season Canecrushed
Saleable sugar produced
NationalMarket
InternationalMarket
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1997/1998 22 154 775 1 310 352 1 093 278 2 403 630
1998/1999 22 930 324 1 285 001 1 353 155 2 638 156
1999/2000 21 223 098 1 194 763 1 329 897 2 524 660
2000/2001 23 876 162 1 231 442 1 490 120 2 721 562
2001/2002 21 156 537 1 239 651 1 163 592 2 403 243
2002/2003 23 012 554 1 278 720 1 475 899 2 754 619
2003/2004 20 418 933 1 356 400 1 055 631 2 412 031
2004/2005 19 094 760 1 210 416 1 016 453 2 226 869
2005/2006 21 052 266 1 261 808 1 238 696 2 500 504
2006/2007 20 278 603 1 340 524 886 329 2 226 853
2007/2008 19 723 916 1 399 657 873 842 2 273 499
2008/2009 19 255 404 1 438 587 821 657 2 260 244
2009/2010 18 655 089 1 412 273 766 177 2 178 450
2010/2011 16 015 649 1 583 457 325 779 1 909 236
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CROP DATA: 1997/1998 TO 2010/2011
Season
Yields Yields per hectare
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Rainfall JunetoMay(mm)
Sucrose % Cane
Tons cane to 1 ton sugar
Tons cane crushed
Tons sugar made
1997/1998 12,63 9,18 22 154 775 2 412 914 74,70 1101
1998/1999 13,36 8,67 22 930 324 2 646 172 72,48 801
1999/2000 13,77 8,38 21 223 098 2 531 805 67,74 1306
2000/2001 13,08 8,77 23 876 162 2 729 219 73,95 894
2001/2002 13,11 8,83 21 156 537 2 395 566 64,96 1001
2002/2003 13,71 8,33 23 012 554 2 762 885 71,64 850
2003/2004 13,70 8,44 20 418 933 2 419 287 62,64 792
2004/2005 13,52 8,54 19 094 760 2 234 898 60,42 898
2005/2006 13,74 8,40 21 052 266 2 507 203 66,02 921
2006/2007 12,92 9,07 20 278 603 2 235 287 66,36 982
2007/2008 13,47 8,64 19 723 916 2 281 765 64,17 1026
2008/2009 13,69 8,49 19 255 404 2 269 087 68,70 941
2009/2010 13,68 8,53 18 655 089 2 187 542 67,67 973
2010/2011 14,14 8,35 16 015 649 1 919 116 66,74 887
CROP DATA
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295
310
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TOTAL CROP AREA: 1996/1997 TO 2010/2011
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380
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299
655
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357
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SUGARCANE CRUSHED: 2004/2005 TO 2010/2011
REGION 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
NORTHERNIRRIGATEDMalalane 1 551 272 1 646 458 1 526 932 1 673 411 1 731 056 1 656 847 1 614 815Komati 1 978 632 2 090 988 2 102 157 2 278 334 2 362 732 2 280 798 2 236 546Pongola 1 370 009 1 419 079 1 379 011 1 307 361 1 186 787 1 126 893 1 135 497TotalNorthernIrrigated 4 899 913 5 156 525 5 008 100 5 259 106 5 280 575 5 064 538 4 986 858ZULULANDUmfolozi 1 072 527 1 197 851 1 113 986 1 033 108 1 045 080 1 066 417 1 113 655Felixton 2 010 329 2 287 595 2 139 239 1 843 728 1 737 101 1 642 987 1 468 070Amatikulu 1 690 400 1 613 631 1 560 434 1 415 976 1 527 579 1 288 510 994 842TotalZululand 4 773 256 5 099 077 4 813 659 4 292 812 4 309 760 3 997 914 3 576 567NORTHCOASTDarnall 1 261 744 1 353 382 1 224 859 1 075 048 1 098 962 1 144 455 672 676Gledhow(KwaDukuza) 1 094 491 1 184 415 1 196 391 1 181 104 914 079 1 154 811 846 208Maidstone 1 393 182 1 309 502 1 346 956 1 170 597 1 222 829 890 355 690 368TotalNorthCoast 3 749 417 3 847 299 3 768 206 3 426 749 3 235 870 3 189 621 2 209 252MIDLANDSEston 1 074 963 1 306 057 1 267 501 1 409 281 1 342 575 1 207 697 1 008 379Noodsberg 1 064 756 1 512 304 1 449 050 1 450 009 1 321 382 1 430 770 1 263 964Dalton 629 994 792 473 722 445 670 076 715 525 754 186 685 126TotalMidlands 2 769 713 3 610 834 3 438 996 3 529 366 3 379 482 3 392 653 2 957 469SOUTHCOASTSezela 1 946 179 2 164 689 2 088 586 2 071 265 2 056 164 1 955 481 1 576 815Umzimkulu 956 282 1 173 842 1 161 056 1 144 618 993 553 1 054 882 708 688TotalSouthCoast 2 902 461 3 338 531 3 249 642 3 215 883 3 049 717 3 010 363 2 285 503TOTAL 19 094 760 21 052 266 20 278 603 19 723 916 19 255 404 18 655 089 16 015 649
SugARCAnE CRuSHED by mILLS (TOnS)
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SA SUGAR SALES/TONS: 1998/1999 TO 2010/2011
SeasonWhitesugar(tons)
Brownsugar(tons)
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%Per capita
consumption (kg)
1998/1999 1 072 230 148 150 808 884 66,3 411 496 33,7 32,0
1999/2000 1 069 494 160 551 811 591 66,0 418 454 34,0 31,2
2000/2001 1 140 308 170 788 879 529 67,1 431 567 32,9 31,1
2001/2002 1 066 168 161 047 819 273 66,8 407 942 33,2 31,9
2002/2003 1 218 766 194 029 924 146 65,4 488 649 34,6 31,9
2003/2004 926 951 174 651 670 214 60,4 431 388 39,1 31,9
2004/2005 1 073 867 194 112 785 538 61,9 482 441 38,0 32,3
2005/2006 1 112 153 215 640 810 017 61,0 517 776 39,0 32,4
2006/2007 1 121 273 224 297 771 216 57,3 574 354 42,7 33,6
2007/2008 1 121 263 241 292 784 293 57,6 578 263 42,4 34,9
2008/2009 1 162 113 264 949 822 224 57,6 604 838 42,4 35,8
2009/2010 1 191 342 307 510 867 616 57,9 631 236 42,1 34,7
2010/2011 1 230 945 319 132 861 273 56,0 675 882 43,9 34,3
SALES 2010/2011
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INDUSTRIALSALES
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DIRECT&CONTRACTSALES 861273TONS
56% 43,9%
RECOvERAbLE vALuE AnD CAnE PRICES
RECOvERAbLE vALuE AnD CAnE PRICES 1999/2000 TO 2010/2011
Season RecoverableValue* Cane
1999/2000 971,09 121,36
2000/2001 1 105,00 130,50
2001/2002 1 352,14 160,23
2002/2003 1 368,79 171,78
2003/2004 1 357,01 169,08
2004/2005 1 297,19 159,55
2005/2006 1 389,80 173,59
2006/2007 1 701,86 198,78
2007/2008 1 701,90 208,82
2008/2009 2 011,18 251,00
2009/2010 2 284,20 284,15
2010/2011 2 572,14 331,55
* From 2000/2001 payments to growers are on a recoverable valuebasis(previouslyon a sucrose basis).Figures reflected for prior seasons are estimates based on the new payment system.
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SA SugAR ASSOCIATIOnKwa-Shukela,170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300POBox700,MountEdgecombe4300
Executive Director:MKTrikam170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
IndUStRy AffAIRSIndustry Affairs Executive:Vacant170FlandersDrive,MtEdgecombe4300
CAnE tEStInG SERVICE General Manager: SNaidoo 170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
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Cane testing Service Managers
Region Tel Cell Email
Amatikulu: TMatthews 035 331 1235 082 654 5706 Tracy.Matthews@sasa.org.za
Darnall: TMatthews 032 486 1391 082 654 5706 Tracy.Matthews@sasa.org.za
Eston: CGovender 031 781 8327 071 851 2574 Couben.Govender@sasa.org.za
Felixton: NPillay 035 791 5020 082 653 6843 Nisha.Pillay@sasa.org.za
Komati: JBMhlongo 013 723 4152 082 654 5436 Jeffrey.Mhlongo@sasa.org.za
KwaDukuza: AMaharaj 032 551 3031 082 653 6846 Arvin.Maharaj@sasa.org.za
Maidstone: AMaharaj 032 944 6637 082 653 6846 Arvin.Maharaj@sasa.org.za
Malalane: DMHarris 013 791 1224 082 328 0014 David.Harris@sasa.org.za
Noodsberg: VMohabir 033 501 1479 082 651 7359 Vishal.Mohabir@sasa.org.za
pongola: JDheopursad 034 413 8165 083 291 6665 Neil.Dheopursad@sasa.org.za
Sezela: MCele 039 975 1106 071 853 4879 Musa.Cele@sasa.org.za
Umfolozi: FAMMathaba 035 550 0531 071 851 2461 Vusi.Mathaba@sasa.org.za
Umzimkulu: MCele 039 682 1333 071 853 4879 Musa.Cele@sasa.org.za
Cane testing Service Regional Managers
Region Tel Cell Email
North: PNaidoo(Felixton, Komati, Malalane, Pongola, Umfolozi)
031 508 7148 082 650 8448 Predhie.Naidoo@sasa.org.za
South: KNaidoo(Eston, KwaDukuza, Maidstone, Amatikulu, Darnall, Noodsberg, Sezela, Umzimkulu)
031 508 7142 082 653 6845 Kavitha.Naidoo@sasa.org.zaTelephone 031 508 7000
Fax 086 686 1172
Web www.sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7003
Email trix.trikam@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7081
Email wellington.sikuka@sasa.org.za-
Telephone 031 508 7141
Cell 082 654 3552
Email seelan.naidoo@sasa.org.za
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MARKEtInGMarketing Director: MCCutts170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
national Market
National Market Support Manager: NMakuraj
Rebates Administration:DDukkan
International Marketing
Trading Desk: MOsborn
Export Relationship Manager: RBellSASA United Kingdom
SA Sugar terminal25 Leuchars Road, Durban 4001POBox61104,Bishopsgate4008
Tour Centre
EXtERnAL AffAIRSExternal Affairs Director:JMvanderMerwe170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
SHUKELA tRAInInG CEntRE (Pty) LtdPOBox23,MountEdgecombe4300
Telephone 031 508 7101
Email michela.cutts@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 365 8100
Telephone 031 508 7102
Email nolan.makuraj@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 365 8153
Email tourguide@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7025
Email johann.vdmerwe@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7700
Fax 031 502 3520
Email shukela.training@sasa.org.za
General Manager:TJBamber 031 508 7701
Agricultural Training Manager:BNdiweni 031 508 7736
Engineering Training Manager:EMaharaj 031 508 7719
Telephone 031 508 7124
Email diraj.dukkan@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7104
Email myles.osborn@sasa.org.za
Telephone +44 1264 335 128
Email robin.bell@sasa.org.za
SOUtH AfRICAn SUGARCAnE RESEARCH InStItUtESASRI Director:CMBakerKwa-Shukela,170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300PrivateBagX02,MountEdgecombe4300
Direct Contact DetailsIftheareaofoperationyouarelookingforisnotlisted, phone 031 508 7400.
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SA Sugarcane Research Institute Extension Specialists Tel Cell Email
SASRIMOUNTEDGECOMBEExtension Manager: GWMaher 031 508 7492 082 654 0056 geoff.maher@sugar.org.za
Extension Technology Resource Specialist: BSZBengu
031 508 7491 082 654 3547 bongi.bengu@sugar.org.za
SOUTHCOASTREGIONRegional Extension Manager: DMcElligott 039 975 1377 083 655 5012 dirk.mcelligott@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: JoeNkala
039 975 1377 082 613 8819 joe.nkala@sugar.org.za
Regional Extension Specialist: South Coast: JBowley
039 682 1822 082 653 3151 justin.bowley@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Midlands South: AOdeHaas
031 781 2001 082 654 3546 otto.dehaas@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: WAGillespie
031 302 2847 082 655 0356 william.gillespie@sugar.org.za
NORTHCOASTREGIONRegional Extension Manager: Vacant 032 947 1410 – –
Extension Specialist: Durban North Coast: INHlongwa
032 947 1410 082 654 3536 nathi.hlongwa@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Midlands North: DavidWilkinson
033 503 1818 082 654 3549 david.wilkinson@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: BPhewa
031 302 2885 082 655 0358 bongani.phewa@sugar.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7400
Email sasri@sugar.org.za
Web www.sasa.org.za/sasri
Direct Contact Email Tel (031)
Director carolyn.baker@sugar.org.za 508 7404
Liaison michelle.binedell@sugar.org.za 508 7567
Extension extension@sugar.org.za 508 7492
Diagnostic and Analytical Services
diagnostics@sugar.org.za 508 7528
Specialist Advisory Requests
sars@sugar.org.za 508 7401
Library library@sugar.org.za 508 7514
Human Resources
catherine.botes@sugar.org.za 508 7505
Education educane@sugar.org.za 508 7405
Biosecurity biosecurity@sugar.org.za 508 7459
fInAnCE Finance Director:AWCoreejes170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
HUMAn RESOURCESHuman Resources Executive:PJMilner-Smyth170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
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SA Sugarcane Research Institute Extension Specialists Tel Cell Email
SASRIMOUNTEDGECOMBEExtension Manager: GWMaher 031 508 7492 082 654 0056 geoff.maher@sugar.org.za
Extension Technology Resource Specialist: BSZBengu
031 508 7491 082 654 3547 bongi.bengu@sugar.org.za
SOUTHCOASTREGIONRegional Extension Manager: DMcElligott 039 975 1377 083 655 5012 dirk.mcelligott@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: JoeNkala
039 975 1377 082 613 8819 joe.nkala@sugar.org.za
Regional Extension Specialist: South Coast: JBowley
039 682 1822 082 653 3151 justin.bowley@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Midlands South: AOdeHaas
031 781 2001 082 654 3546 otto.dehaas@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: WAGillespie
031 302 2847 082 655 0356 william.gillespie@sugar.org.za
NORTHCOASTREGIONRegional Extension Manager: Vacant 032 947 1410 – –
Extension Specialist: Durban North Coast: INHlongwa
032 947 1410 082 654 3536 nathi.hlongwa@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Midlands North: DavidWilkinson
033 503 1818 082 654 3549 david.wilkinson@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers: BPhewa
031 302 2885 082 655 0358 bongani.phewa@sugar.org.za
SA Sugarcane Research Institute Extension Specialists (cont.)ZULULANDREGION
Regional Extension Manager: RR Fortmann
035 772 5871 082 653 3150 tom.fortmann@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Zululand Central and South: GLagerwall
035 337 1593 082 653 3147 gary.lagerwall@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Umfolozi: Vacant
035 550 0097 083 320 9099 –
Extension Specialist: pongola: MAdendorff
034 413 2120 083 655 5011 marius.adendorff@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers (North/pongola) JLNeen
035 474 5217 082 653 3149 john.neen@sugar.org.za
Extension Specialist: New Freehold Growers (Zululand): TRMasondo
035 772 5871 082 653 3148 richard.masondo@sugar.org.za
NORTHERNIRRIGATEDREGION
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers (Komatipoort) Vacant
031 790 0230 – –
Extension Specialist: Small-scale Growers (Malalane) JoyMngadi
031 790 0230 082 613 8819 joy.mngadi@sugar.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7050
Email adrian.coreejes@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7011
Email penny.milner-smyth@sasa.org.za
SA CAnE gROWERS’ ASSOCIATIOn
Kwa-Shukela,170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300POBox888,MountEdgecombe4300
Executive Director:DBWayne;Director Regional Services:KMHurly;Director Industrial Affairs:TFunke;Director Economic Services:OCFinnemore
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Telephone 031 508 7200
Fax 031 508 7201
Email central@canegrowers.co.za
Website www.sacanegrowers.co.za
Local Grower Council Secretaries
Amatikulu:KArchibald,POBox413,Gingindlovu3800
Telephone 035 337 1349
Fax 035 337 1481
Darnall:AJagessur,POBox79,Stanger4450
Telephone 032 486 1519
Fax 032 486 1519
Local Grower Council Secretaries (cont.)
Eston:JGurney,POBox112,Eston3740
Telephone 031 781 2000
Fax 031 781 2003
Felixton:NKok,POBox1338,Empangeni3880
Telephone 035 772 3110
Fax 035 772 5477
Gledhow:RJeevanath,POBox55,Stanger4450
Telephone 032 437 4515
Fax 032 551 5568
Maidstone:UHemraj,POBox770,Umhlali4390
Telephone 032 944 2783
Fax 032 944 2787
Mpumalanga:AduPreez,POBox1379,Malalane1320
Telephone 013 790 0230
Fax 013 790 0231
Noodsberg:GDiack,POBox487,Wartburg3233
Telephone 033 503 1818
Fax 033 503 1822
REGIOnAL MAnAGERS
gROCAnE AgRICuLTuRAL fIRE InSuRAnCE PRImARy CO-OP LTD
170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4302POBox557,MountEdgecombe4300
Chairman:HFEggers;Vice-Chairman:PBRichards;AdministrationManager:DDFregona
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Local Grower Council Secretaries (cont.)
pongola:DBosman,POBox200,Pongola3170
Telephone 034 413 1215
Fax 034 413 1299
Sezela:WGillham,POBox224,Sezela4215
Telephone 039 975 2078
Fax 039 975 2079
Umfolozi:JViljoen,POBox179,Mtubatuba3935
Telephone 035 550 0237
Fax 035 550 2489
Umzimkulu:EBerry,POBox26639,PortShepstone4240
Telephone 039 682 5122
Fax 039 682 5420
Union:SPLove,POBox1,Dalton3236
Telephone 033 501 1600
Fax 033 501 1187
Northern Irrigated:JMurray 013 790 0305
North Coast:CGillitt 032 947 0176
South Coast:GDucasse 039 682 5122
Zululand:GSparks 035 772 3111
Midlands: Vacant 033 503 1820
Tugela:BNothard 035 337 1135
Telephone 031 508 7161
Fax 031 508 7169
Email grocane@grocane.co.za
SA SugAR mILLERS’ ASSOCIATIOn LImITED
Kwa-Shukela,170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300POBox1000,MountEdgecombe4300
Executive Director:DPRossler;Company Secretary: KL Lansdell
ILLOVO SUGAR LIMItEd
HeadOffice:IllovoSugarPark,1MontgomeryDrive, MountEdgecombe,KwaZulu-NatalPOBox194,Durban4000
Chairman:DGMacLeod Managing Director:GJClark gclark@illovo.co.zaContinuous Improvement Executive: GBDalgleishgdalgleish@illovo.co.zaGroup Commercial Director: LW Riddle lriddle@illovo.co.zaGroup Company Secretary & Corporate Affairs Director:GDKnox gdknox@illovo.co.zaGroup Finance Director:MAbdool-Samad (WEF01/09/11)Group Human Resources Director:NMHawleynhawley@illovo.co.zaGroup Operations Director:BMStuart bstuart@illovo.co.za
GROUP OPERAtIOnSAgricultural Development:NZwane nzwane@illovo.co.zaAgriculture:GSTrott gtrott@illovo.co.zaCommercial:GHWilliams gwilliams@illovo.co.zaCorporate Finance:WLJackson wjackson@illovo.co.zaExport Marketing:MEEdwards medwards@illovo.co.zaFinancial Management:NTWilliams nwilliams@illovo.co.zaGroup performance:DGCoates dcoates@illovo.co.zaInformation Technology: DA Schaller dschaller@illovo.co.zaInternal Audit:RBotha rbotha@illovo.co.zaMedical Consultant:DrPHCanter pcanter@illovo.co.zaprocurement:RBrown rbrown@illovo.co.zaStrategy:CRees crees@illovo.co.zaSustainability & Corporate Citizenship: XMagojo xmagojo@illovo.co.zaTechnical Services: SD Langton slangton@illovo.co.za
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Telephone 031 508 7300
Fax 031 508 7310
Email sasmal@sasa.org.za
Telephone 031 508 4300
Fax 031 508 4499
Website www.illovosugar.com
SugAR mILLIng COmPAnIES
ILLOVO SUGAR (SOUtH AfRICA) LIMItEdBuilding3C,GleneaglesPark,10FlandersDrive, MountEdgecombe,KwaZulu-NatalPOBox194,Durban4000
Regional Director (South Africa): DEHowells dhowells@illovo.co.zaFinance:JJRLyall jlyall@illovo.co.zaHuman Resources:SBHlela shlela@illovo.co.zaMarketing:HRHackmann hhackmann@illovo.co.zaRaw Sugar production: S Rau srau@illovo.co.zaRefined Sugar production:GFMann gmann@illovo.co.za
Eston MillPrivateBag2,Eston3740
General Manager:VPillay vispillay@illovo.co.zaAdministration Manager:PNaidoo panaidoo@illovo.co.zaAgricultural Manager: R Thompson rothompson@illovo.co.zaFactory Manager: D Pillay dpillay@illovo.co.zaHuman Resources Manager:DMadau dmadau@illovo.co.za
noodsberg MillPrivateBagX501,Dalton3236
General Manager: E Lucht elucht@illovo.co.zaAdministration Manager: T Spencer tspencer@illovo.co.zaCane procurement Manager:JDeLange jdlange@illovo.co.zaFactory Manager:MPousson mapousson@illovo.co.zaHuman Resources Manager: E Sibiya esibiya@illovo.co.za
Sezela MillPOSezela4215
General Manager:LBachan lbachan@illovo.co.za;Administration Manager:WBennett wbennett@illovo.co.zaAgricultural Manager:E.Bruggemann ebruggemann@illovo.co.zaFactory Manager Downstream products: CKruger ckruger@illovo.co.zaFactory Manager:JJansenvanRensburg jvrensburg@illovo.co.zaHuman Resources Manager:CGwala cgwala@illovo.co.za
Umzimkulu MillPOBox59,PortShepstone4240
General Manager:BHolmes bholmes@illovo.co.za;Administration Manager:VPillay vicpillay@illovo.co.zaAgricultural Manager:GShange gshange@illovo.co.zaFactory Manager:VacantAssistant Human Resources Manager:SZuma szuma@illovo.co.za
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Telephone 031 508 4300
Fax 031 508 4310
Telephone 039 975 8000
Fax 039 975 8296
Telephone 033 502 9500
Fax 033 501 1109
Telephone 039 682 4202
Fax 039 682 4126
Telephone 031 781 8300
Fax 031 781 8398
tOnGAAt HULEtt SUGAR LIMItEd
CorporateOffice:PrivateBag3,Glenashley4022AmanzimnyamaHillRoad,Tongaat4399
Managing Director (SA):MNMohale;Executive Director - Technology Management:DMMeadows;Executive Director - Human Resources (SA):JDBhana;Executive Director - Business Services (SA):LJMunro;Commercial Manager (SA):MRFell;Industry Affairs Manager (SA):TBNgeleza
tECHnOLOGy And EnGInEERInG GROUPPrivateBag3,Glenashley4022No.1AmanzimnyamaHillRoad,Tongaat4399
Operations Group Leader: PMSchorn;projects Group Leader: RGovender;Development Group Leader: CJensen;Operations Specialist: RRambaram;project Support Specialist: ABHlatshwayo
tOnGAAt HULEtt SUGAR – REfInERyPOBox1501,Durban4000
Executive Director - Refinery:RGovender; Factory Manager:MMoodley;Technical Services Manager:CLewis;HR Manager:TCampbell;Financial Manager:AGobind;Technical Manager:NPadayachee
tOnGAAt HULEtt SUGAR – MARKEtInG, SALES And dIStRIBUtIOnPOBox1501,Durban4000
General Manager - Marketing:PMDickinson;Marketing Manager: ARanderia;Trade Marketing Manager:RZwane;Manager - Industrial Marketing/Cape Sweeteners:GBArmstrong;product Development Manager:ZSithole; HR Manager:ZMohamed;Warehousing and Distribution Manager: SL Paul
VOERMOL fEEdS (Pty) LtdPOBox13,Maidstone4380
Managing Director:PTStrydom;Technical Manager: SBreytenbach;Business Services Manager:GLovell
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Email noxolo.goqo@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 439 4316
Website www.huletts.co.za
Email loretta.mead@huletts.co.za
Telephone 031 460 0102
Email lindiwe.ntsolo@huletts.co.za
Telephone 031 460 0305
Email lulu.cooper@voermol.co.za
Telephone 032 439 5599
Email celia.lund@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 439 4455 / 032 439 4342
AGRICULtURAL OPERAtIOnS (SA)OffWatsonHighway,TongaatEstate,4399PrivateBagX50,Tongaat,4400
General Manager:PRussell;Business Services Manager:MCGovender; HR Manager:ANkabane
nORtHERn REGIOn (Amatikulu/Felixton)PrivateBagX02,Felixton3875
Regional Operations Manager:DvandenBerg;Business Services Manager:DMaharaj;Regional HR Manager:BLane;Regional Cane Supply Manager:DBeath;Small Scale Growers Development Manager:WNtshangase
Amatikulu MillPrivateBagAmatikulu3801
Engineering Manager:ABalouza;production Manager:SZuma;Cane Supply and Transport Manager:LViljoen
felixton MillPrivateBagX02,Felixton3875
Engineering Manager:JPdeJager;Factory Manager: PMasinga;Cane Supply and Transport Manager:BRobertson
SOUtHERn REGIOn (Darnall/Maidstone) POBox5,Maidstone4380
Regional Operations Manager:RScott;Business Services Manager:GMaphumulo;Regional HR Manager:MTucker;Cane procurement - Commercial:DArmstrong;Small Scale Growers Development Manager:WNtshangase
darnall MillPODarnall4480
Factory Manager:NSimmonds;production Manager:SMaharaj; Supply Chain Manager:JvanNiekerk
Maidstone MillPOBox5,Maidstone4380
Factory Manager:CSoji;Engineering Manager:CLewis; production Manager:NRajoo;Supply Chain Manager:GCorson
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Email kanthi.naidoo@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 438 3500
Email cindy.holton@huletts.co.za
Telephone 035 791 5000
Email amanda.toerien@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 439 5511
Email amanda.toerien@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 439 5511
Email glenda.bailey@huletts.co.za
Telephone 032 439 9111
Email cindy.holton@huletts.co.za
Telephone 035 791 5000
Email cindy.holton@huletts.co.za
Telephone 035 331 9000
Fax 035 331 1377
tSB SUGAR HOLdInGS (Pty) LIMItEd
HeadOffice:POBox47,Malalane1320
Chief Executive Officer:JMduPlessis; Director Finance: IGvanderWalt; Chief Operating Officer Agriculture:DvanRooy; General Manager Human Resources:EleFTerblanche; General Manager Marketing:PCHarland; General Manager Corporate Affairs:VFKhoza; Chief Operating Officer Manufacturing:IDvanNiekerk Company Secretary:JFdeVilliers
Komati MillPOBox69,Komatipoort1340
General Manager:GRolfe
Malalane MillPOBox47,Malalane1320
General Manager:JVCoetsee
Pongola MillPOBox23,Pongola3170
General Manager: T D Endres
MOLAtEK AnIMAL fEEdSPOBox47,Malalane1320
General Manager:GSduPlessis
dURBAn OffICEPOBox800,MountEdgecombe4300170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe4300
Manager Sugar Industry Affairs:BJRogers
Export Manager:CSmit
tSB SUGAR – MARKEtInG, SALES And dIStRIBUtIOnQualitySugars(Pty)LimitedPOBox70741,Bryanston2021
Managing Director Quality Sugars:PCHarland
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Telephone 013 791 1000
Fax 013 790 0769
Email information@tsb.co.za
Website www.tsbsugar.co.za
Telephone 013 723 4860Fax 013 723 4444
Telephone 034 413 8100Fax 034 413 8167
Telephone 031 508 7323Fax 031 508 7329
Telephone 031 791 1036Fax 031 790 0095Email molatek@tsb.co.zaWebsite www.molatek.co.za
Telephone 031 508 7320Fax 031 508 7329
Telephone 011 463 7688Fax 011 463 7624
Telephone 013 791 1000Fax 013 791 1231
GLEdHOW SUGAR COMPAny (Pty) LIMItEd
POBox55,Stanger4450
Directors:DEHowells;PBMcGrady;GOO’Connor;LWRiddle;DrMPSokhela;RHTweedie;PCWiseGeneral Manager:BGovender; Executive Vice Chairman:JPMdeRobillard
UCL COMPAny LIMItEd
HeadOffice:POBox1,Dalton3236
Chairman: CEKlipp;General Manager: RBLütge;Deputy General Manager:MvanderMerwe;Assistant General Manager Agri Services:FMEggers;Assistant General Manager Manufacturing:PWaldron;Assistant General Manager Subsidiaries:SCasey;Assistant General Manager Finance:HTredoux;production Manager:TKistan;Engineering Manager:MNapier;Human Resources Manager:AdeVries
UMfOLOZI SUGAR MILL (Pty) LIMItEd
Umfolozi MillPrivateBagX12,Mtubatuba3935
Chairman:RGTomlinson(IndependentNon-executiveMember);Vice-Chairman:RRAddison(Non-executiveDirector);Chief Executive Officer:ATWynne(ExecutiveDirector);Operations Director:ABWilliamson(ExecutiveDirector)
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Telephone 032 437 4400
Fax 032 552 1888 Telephone 035 550 7700
Fax 035 550 1145
Telephone 033 501 1600
Fax 033 501 1187
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Darnall: RTayler(Chairman),POBox54,Darnall4480
Telephone 032 439 2010
Email tayls@iafrica.com
Eston: JGurney,POBox112,Eston3740
Telephone 031 781 2000/1
Email jane.gurney@sugar.co.za
Felixton: SSchwartz,POBox1338,Empangeni3880
Telephone 035 772 3110
Email fxpassn@saol.com
Gledhow: RJeevanath,POBox55,Kwa-Dukuza4450
Telephone 032 437 4515
Email rjeevanath@gledhow.co.za
Noodsberg: GDiack,POBox487,Wartburg3233
Telephone 033 503 1818
Email gail@nbgrowers.co.za
Komati: CRobertson,POBox98,Komatipoort1340
Telephone 013 723 4305
Email robertsonc@tsb.co.za
Maidstone: UHemraj,MaidstoneMill,POBox770,Umhlali4390
Telephone 032 944 2783
Email usha.growercouncil@telkomsa.net
Malalane: LStark,POBox1379,Malelane1320
Telephone 013 790 1083
Email starkl@tsb.co.za
pongola: DBosman,POBox200,Pongola3170
Telephone 034 413 1215
Email bosmand@tsb.co.za
Sezela:HCooper,POBox224,Sezela4215
Telephone 039 975 2078
Email hcooperscga@illovo.co.za
Umfolozi:CCoetser,POBox179,Mtubatuba3935
Telephone 035 550 0237
Email umfcane@wpd.co.za
Umzimkulu:EBerry,POBox26639,PortShepstone4240
Telephone 039 682 5121
Email berrye@telkomsa.net
UCL Company: SP Love,UCLCompany LtdMGB, POBox1,Dalton 3236
Telephone 033 501 1600
Email loves@ucl.co.za
Amatikulu:KArchibald,POBox413,Gingindlovu3800
Telephone 035 337 1349
Email keith@millgroup.co.za
SUGAR MILLING RESEARCH INSTITUTEc/oUniversityofKwaZulu-Natal,HowardCollegeCampus,Durban 4041
Chief Executive Officer:DrJDewar;Corporate Services Manager:BCNgcobo;Head Analytical Services:DrRSimpson;Head Chemical Research:SNWalford;Head process Engineering:SBDavisIndustry Support Manager: GTSmith;Innovation & Knowledge Manager: AGJSachs
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR TECHNOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATIONc/oSASugarcaneResearchInstitute,PrivateBagX02,MountEdgecombe 4300
president:GTSmith;Vice-president:KARedshaw; Administrator:DMacdonald
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RESEARCH ORgAnISATIOnS SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY AGRONOMISTS’ ASSOCIATIONSASugarcaneResearchInstitute,PrivateBagX02,MountEdgecombe4300
Chairman:RAStranack
LAbOuR ORgAnISATIOnSSUGAR MANUFACTURING AND REFINING EMpLOYERS’ ASSOCIATIONKwa-Shukela,170FlandersDrive,MountEdgecombe,4300POBox1000,MountEdgecombe4300
Secretaries:SouthAfricanSugarMillers’AssociationLimited
NATIONAL BARGAINING COUNCIL FOR THE SUGAR MANUFACTURING AND REFINING INDUSTRYPOBox472,MountEdgecombe4300
Chairman:SMdlalose;Vice-Chairman:ESibiya; Secretary:YMotala
Telephone 031 273 1300
Fax 031 273 1302
Email smridir@smri.org
Web www.smri.org
Telephone 031 508 7543
Fax 031 508 7420
Email sasta@sugar.org.za
Website www.sasta.co.za
Telephone 031 508 7459
Email agronassoc@sugar.org.za
Telephone 031 508 7300
Fax 031 508 7310
Telephone 031 508 7331/2
Fax 031 508 7339
HISTORICAL
HIGHLIGHTS
1848 EdmundMorewoodplantsthefirst sugarcaneontheKwaZulu-Natal NorthCoast
1853 FirstshipmentofKwaZulu-Natalsugar totheCape
1861 IndenturedworkersfromIndiaarrive
1865 Firstblackownedsteammillat AmericanBoardofMissionsstationat Amanzimtoti
1896 Locusts destroy 40% of sugarcane crop
1900 Sugar output reaches 16 000 tons per annum with 30 mills in operation and 2 600 hectares under sugarcane
1910 NatalSugarAssociationformed
1916 AgriculturalNewsandSugarPlanters Gazettelaunched(SugarJournal)
1920 NatalSugarMillers’Associationfounded
1925 ExperimentStation(SASEX)established
1927 SouthAfricanCaneGrowers'Association formed
1936 Sugar Act promulgated and first Sugar IndustryAgreementpublished
1937 South Africa becomes foundation memberofthefirstInternationalSugar Agreement with quota of 209 000 tons
1939 Annual production reaches 475 000 tons with 23 factories operating and 145 000 hectares under cane
1945 VarietyNCo310,withmorethan40% more sucrose than other varieties, releasedbySASEX
1949 SugarMillingResearchInstitute(SMRI) established
TheformationofGrocaneFireInsurance Co-operativeLimitedbyprivategrowers
1950 Firstbulkshipmentof5750tonsof raw sugar
1953 SouthAfricajoinspost-warInternational SugarAgreement(ISA)
1954 SASEXExtensionservicebegins
1955 VarietyNCo376releasedbySASEX,the dominant variety over the next 40 years
1961 SouthAfricaleavesBritish Commonwealthbutnegotiatesnew bilateralagreementtosupplyBritain 150 000 tons annually
1962 NewmarketsdevelopedinCanada andJapan
1964 BilateralagreementwithBritain terminated and 165 000 tons CommonwealthPreferencetransferredto Swazilandwithagreementonmarketing
1965 BulkSugarTerminalerectedwithstorage capacity of 180 000 tons
SugarIndustryTrustFundforEducation launched
1968 FirstNvarietyofcane–bredand selectedinNatal–releasedbySASEX
1970 MolassesmixingplantinstalledatBulk Sugar Terminal
1973 SASAlaunchesSmallGrowers'Financial Aid Fund with grant of R5 million
1974 IndustrialTrainingCentreopenedat MtEdgecombe
1975 Domestic consumption reaches one million tons
1978 VarietyN12,suitedtohighaltitude regionsonatwo-yearcyclereleasedby SASEX
1981 BulkSugarFacilityestablishedinGauteng fordomesticmarket
1983 Severe drought cuts production by 750 000 tons
1984 Price Stabilisation Fund borrowings reach R327 million
Canetransportschemetransferscost responsibility to growers
Quarantine glasshouse moved from BotanicGardenstoMtEdgecombe
1985 AandBpoolsystemsintroduced
Record sugar production of 2,370 million tons
1986 Political sanctions lead to loss of CanadianandUSAmarkets
1987 Small-scalegrowerproductionexceeds 1,5milliontons(worthR51m)
Floods disrupt mills and cane areas in KwaZulu-Natal
1988 N21released–firsteldanaresistant variety
1989 R1 m project announced to expand industry production by 300 000 tons
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1990 IndustryproceedsexceedR2billionfor one season
1991 USA quota restored at 2,3% equating to 26 000 tons per annum
1992 Firstyearoffour-yeardroughtreduces production to 1,5m tons
SmallGrowerDevelopmentTrust launched
1993 Drought in 1993/94 season reduces production to 1,171 million tons
VarietyN24withexcellentsucroseand yieldunderirrigationreleasedbySASEX
TransvaalSugarLimited’snewmillnear Komatipoort starts crushing
1994 Introductionofphasedderegulation programme
SugarIndustryCentralBoarddisbanded
1995 Drought restricts production to 1,67m tons in 1995/96
R12millionSiyakhaprogrammelaunched byPresidentMandela
1996 Production increases to 2,2m tons
1997 IllovoSugarLtdconsolidatesitsleading position in southern Africa with the acquisitionofLonrho’ssugardivisionfor R1,62 billion.
1998 Pools system of sucrose payments ends
1999 Record crop in 1998/99 at 2,646 million tons of sugar
SASA moves into its own building in MountEdgecombewithGrowersand Millers
2000 Cropfor1999/2000setsrecordat 8,38 tons cane per ton sugar
2001 Record crop in 2000/2001 at 2,729 million tons of sugar
Launch of Umthombo Agricultural Finance(formerlyFinancialAidFund)
2002 SAchairstheInternationalSugar Organisation(ISO)forthefirsttime
ISOCouncilheldinDurbaninMay2002
2003 Record crop of 2 763 000 tons of sugar
2004 TongaatHulettSugarLtd'sEntumeniMill closes
IndustrialTrainingCentre(ITC)changes nametoShukelaTrainingCentre(STC)
IllovoSugarLtdsellsGledhowMilltoa black empowerment group
South African Sugar Experiment Station (SASEX)changesnametoSouthAfrican SugarcaneResearchInstitute(SASRI)
InkezoLandCompanyestablished
2005 IllovoSugarLtdsellsUmfoloziMilltoa blackempowermentgroup– Umvoti Transport Ltd
SASApurchases25%shareinMaputo Sugar Terminal
2006 Highestworldsugarpricein twenty-fiveyears
OpeningofSTAMTerminalinMaputoin which SASA is a shareholder
SugarJournalturns90yearsoldand publishes commemorative edition
2007 The production for the 2006/07 season dips to the lowest level in 10 years with 2,226 million tons of sugar produced
2008 TheShukelaTrainingCentrechangesfrom a division of SASA to a wholly owned subsidiary of SASA now called ShukelaTrainingCentre(Pty)Ltd.
SASA appointed as the implementing agentforaKZNGovernmentfertiliserproject whereby R60 million of fertiliser is distributedtoembattledKZNsmallscalegrowers
2009 The 2009/2010 season production drops further to a 15 year low of 2,178 million tons of sugar
Theworldrawsugarmarketpricereachesa 29 year high of 30.33 US c/lb
2010 Sugar production for 2010/11 season dropped to 1,909 million tons
150thYearCommemorationofthearrivalofIndianpeopleinSouthAfrica
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