Sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have received temporary relief after sugar major Tongaat Hulett avoided liquidation following a fresh funding injection of R200 million.
The development allows the company’s mills to reopen in time for the crushing season, a critical step for more than 18,000 growers who depend on these facilities to process their cane. Most of these farmers are small-scale growers with no alternative milling options, Foodformzansi.co.za reported.
The South African Canegrowers Association warned that liquidation would have made farming operations unviable, potentially leading to widespread job losses in rural areas.
While mills in other regions had already begun…