Scrap sugar tax, say canegrowers - The South African Canegrowers Association says the sugar industry is in crisis after Tongaat Hulett was put under business rescue
Hofman said: “They [the sugar industry] are causing people to be absent from work, to retire early because of illness, to die very early, to have five amputations before they die because they have diabetes associated with their obesity, to have strokes and to impact the individuals and their families. This is a very serious matter for the country.
The canegrowers association made its submission following a call for comments on the Budget Review 2023, issued by the treasury in November. It was therefore impossible to isolate the consequences of any hardship to one section of the industry; when millers suffer, growers suffer and vice versa., a consortium called NewCo announced that it had submitted an expression of interest in acquiring Tongaat Hulett’s South African mills, refinery, animal feeds subsidiary and other brands and trademarks.
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