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Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to lay off 1,000 employees by August

Agriculture

Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to lay off 1,000 employees by August

Nyasha Chingono 16 Jan 2025

Empowering South Africa: The sweet impact of choosing local sugar

Agriculture

Empowering South Africa: The sweet impact of choosing local sugar

Higgins Mdluli 5 Sep 2024

Sugarcane harvest meets demand, but drier conditions threaten early season end

Agro-processing

Sugarcane harvest meets demand, but drier conditions threaten early season end

26 Aug 2024

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Commodities & Fairtrade

World food prices up in March

8 Apr 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Agriculture

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Wandile Sihlobo 9 May 2023

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Commodities & Fairtrade

Global food commodity prices decline in July

8 Aug 2022

More than just a shoe - Illovo Sugar SA partners with agri ministers to donate school shoes

ESG

More than just a shoe - Illovo Sugar SA partners with agri ministers to donate school shoes

Issued by JNPR 9 Mar 2022

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Energy

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Jackson Njehia 4 Oct 2021

Renier de Wit, managing director, Gaia Fund Managers and Gaia Venture Capital Ltd.

Venture Capital

SA's backbone industries and 12J investment

Renier de Wit 19 Feb 2021

Global food prices up 21% in September

Agriculture

Global food prices up 21% in September

8 Oct 2020

Global food prices continue to rise in July

Commodities & Fairtrade

Global food prices continue to rise in July

6 Aug 2020

Covid-19: SU researchers turning bread into hand sanitiser

Covid-19

Covid-19: SU researchers turning bread into hand sanitiser

2 Apr 2020

Agricultural diversification driving economic growth in KZN

Agribusiness

Agricultural diversification driving economic growth in KZN

Dawie Maree 9 Oct 2019

Global food prices steady in December

Agribusiness

Global food prices steady in December

10 Jan 2019

Sugar Industry Regulations gazetted

Legislation & Regulation

Sugar Industry Regulations gazetted

15 Oct 2018

Rising import food bill a challenge for poorer countries

Food Security

Rising import food bill a challenge for poorer countries

10 Jul 2018

Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC commissions N50bn Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State

Agribusiness

Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC commissions N50bn Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State

14 Mar 2018

Fluglotse2000 via - Sugar cane fields north of Durban

Agribusiness

Green shoots visible for Tongaat after devastating drought

Tammy Foyn 14 Nov 2017

L-R: Ag. Group Managing Director, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Engr. Abdullahi Sule; Chairman, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote; Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello; Niger State Deputy Governor, Ahmed Muhammad Kesto, at the MoU signing ceremony between Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc and Niger State Government on Sugar Project in Niger State. (Source: Dangote Group)

Agriculture

Dangote, Niger State $450m sugar production MoU to revolutionise Nigerian agriculture

24 Aug 2017

East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017

Shipping

East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017

11 Jul 2017

Tongaat finds sweet spot in Zimbabwe

Agribusiness

Tongaat finds sweet spot in Zimbabwe

31 May 2017

Tongaat expects FY headline earnings to rise 45%

FMCG

Tongaat expects FY headline earnings to rise 45%

Andries Mahlangu 22 May 2017

Tongaat Hulett expects interim earnings growth

Agro-processing

Tongaat Hulett expects interim earnings growth

Colleen Goko 7 Nov 2016

Retail

Agrofood in North Africa: a strategic sector at nature's mercy

29 Sep 2016

Crookes targets high-return projects to offset sugar slump

Agribusiness

Crookes targets high-return projects to offset sugar slump

Marc Hasenfuss 6 Jul 2016

Drought behind Tongaat Hulett profit fall

Agriculture

Drought behind Tongaat Hulett profit fall

17 Nov 2015

A sticky situation: SA's sugar industry woes

Research

A sticky situation: SA's sugar industry woes

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Nov 2015

Commodities & Fairtrade

Tongaat FY headline earnings down 14.6% to R945m

25 May 2015

Tongaat's output not affected by unprotected strike

Manufacturing

Tongaat's output not affected by unprotected strike

Nick Hedley 16 Jul 2014

SASA demands threaten to add billions to consumer costs

Commodities & Fairtrade

SASA demands threaten to add billions to consumer costs

15 Oct 2013

Illovo hand-over unlikely to be sticky

Manufacturing

Illovo hand-over unlikely to be sticky

5 Aug 2013

Tongaat Hulett expects large rise in production

Farming

Tongaat Hulett expects large rise in production

Mark Allix 2 Aug 2013

Sweet windfall for Illovo and Tongaat Hulett

Farming

Sweet windfall for Illovo and Tongaat Hulett

3 Dec 2012

Sweet results as Illovo's earnings rise

Farming

Sweet results as Illovo's earnings rise

Roy Downing 16 Nov 2012

Engineering

Tongaat Hulett faces pressure from Zimbabwe

Edward West 6 Nov 2012

Technology 'can double sugar cane yields' in SA

Agriculture

Technology 'can double sugar cane yields' in SA

21 Sep 2012

South Africa's complex sugar sector

Agriculture

South Africa's complex sugar sector

Gavin Halse 17 Aug 2012

Tongaat Hulett HEPS seen up 10% to 839c

Agriculture

Tongaat Hulett HEPS seen up 10% to 839c

18 May 2012

Branding

Royal Swazi Sugar Corporation is sweet on icandi COMMUNICATIONS

Issued by icandi CQ 24 Oct 2011

ESG

Woolworths' sustainability programmes recognised internationally

20 Sep 2011

Standard Bank forecasts higher sugar output for Africa

Investment Banking

Standard Bank forecasts higher sugar output for Africa

12 Sep 2011

Retail

Nigeria: New refinery for Golden Sugar

28 Jan 2011

Retail

Zim manufacturers ramp up food production

Dumisani Ndlela 14 Jul 2010

Supply Chain

Illovo to spend R6bn on Africa expansion

Margie Inggs 8 Feb 2010

More sweet than sour

Supply Chain

More sweet than sour

Shannon Sherry 30 Nov 2009

Retail

Demand keeps prices firm

Andrew McNulty 3 Apr 2009

Illovo Malawi invests K1,5bn in sugar production

Retail

Illovo Malawi invests K1,5bn in sugar production

Gregory Gondwe 12 Aug 2008