SASA releases new rules for cane delivery based transformation interventions.
SASA Council approved a five-year Transformation Plan on 29 November 2018.As part of this plan, the sugar industry has committed to spend R1 billion over afive-year period, commencing in the 2019/2020 season as an industry obligationto reciprocity […]
Black sugarcane growers boosted by R128 million transformation spend but the sector remains stifled by SA sugar tax
SA Canegrowers contributed R128 million to the sugar industry’s annual transformation projects during the 2020/21 financial year which provided much needed relief to the thousands of small-scale and mainly black growers who depend on the sector for their livelihoods. The […]
SA Canegrowers announces new Board
Umfolozi commercial grower, Andrew Russell is appointed to lead SA Canegrowers until 2023 The full list of the newly appointed board representatives is as follows: Chairman AM RussellCo-Vice Chairs NS Mzoneli and GD StainbankBoard GDP LittleyDH LütgePH […]
New report shows sugar tax a disaster for SA economy
New report confirms catastrophic impact of the Sugar Tax on jobs and the economy A new report on the socio-economic impact of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL or sugar tax), introduced in 2018, highlights the devastating impact […]
SA Harvest latest edition
SA Canegrowers internship programme takes the lead As SA Canegrowers again takes the lead in promoting transformation and diversity in the cane-growing sector, a ground-breaking internship programme is now into its second cycle, with most of the […]
Sugar High: SA Canegrowers could produce 433 million litres of aviation fuel a year
The South African Canegrowers Association (SA Canegrowers) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) are excited to announce the findings of a joint study on the viability of using South African sugarcane to manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Earlier […]
SA Canegrowers training partnership hits the sweet spot
SA Canegrowers is in partnership with Agri-Seta and the University of Pretoria to train 20 black small-scale growers in a bid to boost sustainable farming practices in the sugarcane growing industry. The programme which also aims to […]
SA Canegrowers’ field staff hard at work
This week SA Canegrowers’ field staff in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga were hard at work taking services and information sharing to sugarcane growers in both the small-scale and large-scale sectors. In the Inanda district, Senior Agricultural Business Advisor […]
Proudly SA joins SA Canegrowers’ buy-local-sugar drive
SA Canegrowers is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Proudly South African (Proudly SA) to encourage consumers to buy local sugar. This partnership promises to give new impetus to the SA Canegrowers’ Home Sweet Home campaign to promote […]
