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Hippo Valley Estates in Zimbabwe, which is controlled by Tongaat Hulett based in KwaZulu-Natal, has this year exceeded the previous year's performance by 114%.
TONGAAT HULETT

Tongaat Hulett unit navigates Zimbabwe challenges

The Zimbabwe unit of Tongaat Hulett is navigating operating challenges but has benefited from stronger demand and a stabilising exchange rate.

  • Tawanda Karombo
3 min read
Sugar imports in the first five months of 2026 were nearly double what they were in the same period a year before, according to SA Canegrowers.
TONGAAT HULETT
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Tongaat Hulett delays payments as cash-flow pressure mounts

Tongaat Hulett’s business-rescue practitioners say cash-flow headroom remains under pressure, with some cane and supplier payments delayed and an industry-wide strike affecting…

  • Edward West
3 min read
The South African Sugar Technologists' Association President, Dr Muhammad Kadwa, said that there has been a flood of deep-sea sugar imports, and this has displaced South African suga
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Sugar industry counts the cost of imports

Cheap imports are squeezing local sales, pushing more sugar into loss-making export markets and costing the industry billions.

  • Yogashen Pillay
5 min read