SA Canegrowers promotes agriculture as a career for rural matriculants With more than 65% of South Africa’s young people unemployed, SA Canegrowers’ field staff are hard at work promoting agriculture as a career option for school leavers. […]
SA Canegrowers is deeply disappointed by Minister Enoch Godongwana’s announcement in his Budget speech today, that the Health Promotion Levy (HPL or sugar tax) will increase from 2.21 to 2.31 cents per gram of sugar despite no […]
SA Canegrowers’ field staff with representatives from the South African Sugar Research Institute assess yield estimates at a seedcane plot in Darnall on the KwaZulu-Natal North coast. Scores of 1ha plots are now established thanks to funding […]
Press Release In his maiden Budget Speech on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 Minister Godongwana must scrap the Health Promotion Levy (the “sugar tax”). Research has shown how much the sugar tax has already cost the country in […]
SA Canegrowers welcomes President Ramaphosa’s recognition of the sugar industry’s efforts to support and empower small-scale growers for success. The R225 million in transformation funding, raised from grower and miller contributions, is evidence of the industry’s commitment […]
In the 56th edition of HarvestSA, women cane growers embrace the future with hope. SA Canegrowers’ hosted its annual women’s conference late last year. Read the full HarvestSA story here
Sugar Crisis: President Ramaphosa must put government’s money where its mouth is on localisation In his 2021 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa called onSouth Africans to buy homegrown products. While Proudly South African and […]
Payment of R225 million in transformation funds will provide vital support to small-scale growers SA Canegrowers welcomes the recent disbursement of funding by the South African Sugar Association (SASA) flowing from the sugar industry’s commitment to transformation […]
SA Canegrowers’ Chairman, Andrew Russell alongside one of the Home Sweet Home in-store banners which promote the partnership between the organisation and Shoprite
Press Release London, 17 January 2022 Bonsucro, the leading global sustainability platform for sugarcane, has published its revised Production Standard. The new Standard was available from January 17 and comes into force from September 2022. The new […]
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