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Sweet nothings: Sugar cane farmer Pratish Sharma on his farm in Maidstone. He is anxious about being paid for cane he delivered to Tongaat Hulett after the company got into financial difficulties. Photo: Rogan Ward
BUSINESS RESCUE

Anxious wait for farmers as Tongaat Hulett money crisis grips

Next season is also under threat if sugar giant’s mills close

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Frenemies: Lindiwe Sisulu is rumoured to want to run for ANC president against the incumbent Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Gulshan Khan/AFP
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Viva Rastazeneca, viva!

Lindiwe Sisulu’s broadside isn’t the only attack on SA’s supreme law.

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The entire sugar eco-system and stakeholders require certainty and a sustainable solution before the insolvency court sits to hear the BRP’s application for provisional liquidation of THL . (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AUDIT

Tongaat claims R450-million from former executives

The group also wants to recoup $9-million in fake sugar sales in Zimbabwe

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read