SA Canegrowers implores new Tongaat owners to pay outstanding levies

Following the Competition Commission recommendation that the Competition Commission approve Vision consortium’s proposed takeover of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, industry body SA Canegrowers hopes the consortium will honour the R526-million in outstanding levies owed by Tongaat to the sugar industry. The overdue payment of industry levies has put canegrowers and other sugar industry members, particularly small-scale farmers, at risk.