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If the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett proceeds, it could have severe socio-economic consequences for rural economies in small towns across KwaZulu-Natal.

Tongaat Hulett gets lifeline as court grants delay in liquidation bid

Tongaat Hulett has been granted a temporary reprieve from liquidation after the Durban High Court approved an adjournment, giving business rescue practitioners time to finalise a…

Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN

Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets

Intervention: Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, left, and his deputy Zuko Godlimpi believe a sustainable solution can be found to
prevent Tongaat Hulett from being liquidated, thus preventing a devastating ripple effect across the economy. Photos: Supplied

Tau leads drive to save Tongaat Hulett

The government says the ailing company is a crucial player in South Africa’s sugar value chain and its demise would have ‘far-reaching and devastating consequences’ for the sector

Bitter impact: Tongaat Hulett’s liquidation will have a devastating ripple effect throughout not just KwaZulu-Natal but the entire country too,
filtering right down to the consumer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Tongaat Hulett collapse looms

Vision, the lead secured lender to the troubled sugar giant, said it was committed to saving the company and jobs despite the business rescue process failing

For THL, an iconic South African company that employs thousands, its end is bitter and must be averted.
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Editorial: Tongaat Hulett must be saved

At a time when rampant unemployment — one of the country’s biggest crises and a national emergency — takes root, the looming jobs bloodbath will decimate not only the sugar…

Iron ore mine in West Africa. The Liberty Corridor railroad  provides a mechanism for Ivanhoe Atlantic to get that ore to market on favourable terms. Photo: File

US Congress should ask questions about the Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal

Did US ambassador to Liberia Mark Toner, US Africa bureau official Troy Fitrell, Africa adviser to the US president Massad Boulos and former US special envoy J Peter Pham have…

Cut up: Many sugar farmers in KwaZulu-Natal are in trouble after the mill at Tongaat Hulett, which is in business rescue, failed to pay them for their produce. (Delwyn Veasamy/M&G)

Sugarcane farmers ‘living in anxiety’ with industry still in business rescue

Tongaat Hulett can only exit business rescue once the approved plan is largely implemented or the company is no longer financially distressed

File photo: Getty Images

Tongaat Hulett business rescue on, but industry concerned over R900m in unpaid levies

Vision Partners say they will “engage and settle” with the SA Sugar Association

If the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett proceeds, it could have severe socio-economic consequences for rural economies in small towns across KwaZulu-Natal.

RGS abandons Tongaat bid, claims business rescue is rigged

Bidder says rescue practitioners tried to manipulate process to favour ANC funder Robert Gumede

File photo: Getty Images

RCL withdraws interdict, so Tongaat creditors’ vote goes ahead — for now

Business rescue practitioner Metis has agreed to amend the ‘unlawful’ Vision group rescue plan

Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

UPDATED: Crucial Tongaat Hulett creditors vote is postponed again as parties head to court over unpaid industry levies

ANC funder Robert Gumede’s bid for the sugar giant may be on the rocks

Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Sugar industry holds its breath as Tongaat mum on Robert Gumede buyout

The business rescue practitioners are also silent over the company’s debt deal

At stake: Tongaat Hulett employs 40  000 people on its farms in KwaZulu-Natal (above) and Mpumalanga and 65 000 more in Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Robert Gumede’s Tongaat Hulett purchase hinges on R2bn PIC loan

The agreement will give Terris Sugar discounted ownership of Tongaat Hulett’s R8 billion bank debt and control at the upcoming creditors’ vote

Businessman Robert Gumede.

Robert Gumede to serve summons on Sunday Independent

Gumede’s lawyers plan to serve the summons on the newspaper after it said the SIU was investigating a tender awarded to his IT firm, Gijima.

Businessman Robert Gumede.

Robert Gumede wins UK court battle

Businessman Robert Gumede has been awarded R53-million in damages and costs by a UK court against his former business partner, John Sterenborg.

Guma Tac takes steps to liquidate Golden Lions

Guma Tac says the Golden Lions Rugby Union is "hopelessly insolvent" and have filed papers in the South Gauteng High Court.

Sports minister to probe crisis at Golden Lions

A breakdown in negotiations between the Lions and former potential equity partners the Guma TAC group will be investigated by the sports minister.

Lions’ pride turning into a joke

<b>Nickolaus Bauer</b> looks back to 1993, and when it was a good time to be a Lions fan.

Golden Lions ‘being run like an amateur union’

Golden Lions ‘being run like an amateur union’

One of the strongest statements made last year by IT mogul Robert Gumede has come back to haunt him.

Gumede pulls the rug out from under the Lions

Eight months after announcing they had sold a 49.9% stake to Guma TAC, the Golden Lions Rugby Union says that negotiations have fallen through.