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CONTENTS
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY
The South African Sugar Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Economic Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Sugar Industry Contribution to Sustainable Development
DIRECTORY 1
SA Sugar Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SA Cane Growers’ Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Local Grower Council Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Grocane Fire Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SA Sugar Millers’ Association Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Illovo Sugar Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tongaat Hulett Sugar Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tsb Sugar RSA Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
UCL Company Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ushukela Milling Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mill Group Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Research Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Labour Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Inkezo Land Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
INDUSTRY INFORMATION
Historical Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
I N F O R M A T I O N
the manufacture of raw and refined sugar, syrups, specialised sugars and a range of by-
products.
The industry produces an estimated average of 2,3 million tons of sugar per season.
About 60% of this sugar is marketed in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The
I N D U S T R Y
remainder is exported to markets including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
Employment
The sugar industry makes an important contribution to direct employment in cane
production and processing, and provides indirect employment for numerous support
industries in the three provinces where sugarcane is grown and processed, namely
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape in sectors such as fertiliser, fuel,
chemical, transport, food and services.
Direct employment within the sugar industry is approximately 77 000 jobs, which
represent a significant percentage of the total agricultural workforce in South Africa.
Indirect employment is estimated at 350 000. In addition there are approximately
42 300 registered cane growers. Approximately one million people depend on the sugar
industry for a living.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
The sugar industry’s focus on producing a high quality, profitable and cost effective
I N F O R M A T I O N
Economic Transformation
The South African sugar industry has long recognised the need to promote diverse
ownership of agricultural land under sugarcane by competent farmers and have
a range of support instruments in place to promote the sustainability of such
initiatives. As a result, 17% of freehold land under sugarcane has already been
transferred to black growers.
Furthermore, since 1994 more than 250 black growers have been supported
to buy commercial farms of land previously owned by milling companies and
white farmers.
Provision of Agricultural Support Services
The South African sugar industry has a long history of promoting and
supporting small-scale farmers on tribal land. Building on the extensive infrastructure
and network of the growers and millers, the industry has been able to engage
effectively in ongoing delivery related projects.
I N F O R M A T I O N
Mentorship programmes focussing on business skills and grower support
extension services are deployed to support cane-growing activities. The
South African Cane Growers' Association also provides technical skills training
for new and emerging cane growers, via the Agriseta scheme, mentorship
programmes, accounts and financial management workshops, regional
economic advisors, a grower support service officer and assistance with a special
VAT and diesel dispensation for small-scale growers. The South African Cane
Growers' Association has bolstered its regional economic service to provide local level
support to new medium-scale black growers who have entered the industry
I N D U S T R Y
since 1994, as well as beneficiaries of the government's land reform programme.
Employment Equity
All participants in the industry promote compliance with the Employment
Enterprise Ownership
On an industry level, role-players in the sugar industry have been
actively promoting and implementing the objectives of the Broad-based Black
Economic Empowerment Act, and the Broadbased Black Economic Empowerment
Strategy for some time. Substantial progress has been made towards improving
the ownership profile of the industry. Initiatives embarked upon by major
South African milling companies have resulted in black ownership of manufacturing
activities being 12% and of refining activities being 7%.
Social Investment
The industry has fostered a culture of self reliance and caring for those victimised by
poverty and HIV and AIDS, provided seed funding to assist rural black women, youth
and communities to establish co-operatives and access economic opportunities.
I N F O R M A T I O N
Ultimately, the social investment and enterprise development programmes will create
employment while also eradicating poverty.
Typically rural areas have amongst the country's highest incidences of HIV and AIDS.
This impacts directly upon the industry and its workforce. Meeting the challenge of
this disease is a priority for the sugar industry. Activities include school education
awareness campaigns, as the industry is uniquely placed to conduct outreach education
and present campaigns in deep rural areas. The industry also funds home-based care
initiatives for individuals and households infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.
I N D U S T R Y
Human resource development is a major area of social investment for the sugar
industry. The following initiatives are maintained by the industry to promote human
resource development, and are primarily focussed on promoting Broad-based Black
Economic Empowerment.
I N F O R M A T I O N
sugar industry and a broad
spectrum of other industries.
This excellent facility also
provides training for the
SADC region and many
learners from other African
countries have been trained
at the Centre.
I N D U S T R Y
Since 1925, SASRI has provided a service to cane growers who benefit from specialist
advice in all aspects of sugarcane agriculture such as new varieties, agronomy,
pathology, crop nutrition and soils, entomology and agricultural engineering. The link
between SASRI’s scientific expertise and cane growers is provided through extension
specialists who are stationed in the industry’s cane producing regions.
Sustainable Environment
The South African Sugar Association actively promotes sound and sustainable
environmental practises within the industry in line with national legislation and
international requirements. This is achieved through its support for environmental
committees located in the sugarcane producing areas and also through active
involvement in promoting sustainable resource management through a Memorandum
of Understanding with the WWF South Africa. The industry is involved in a Southern
African Development Community wide initiative aimed at establishing a guide on
environmental best management practises for the regional sugar industries.
I N F O R M A T I O N
I N D U S T R Y
8 MARKET COMPETITIVENESS
South Africa continues to be one of the world’s most cost competitive producers of
high quality sugar. According to independent surveys of the costs of production of
more than 100 global sugar industries, the South African sugar industry consistently
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
ranks amongst the top 15. Its excellent export infrastructure, world-renowned
agricultural and industrial research platforms and efficient industry organisation are
key drivers of excellence.
Despite its comparative production efficiencies, the South African sugar industry
finds it difficult from time to time to export profitably to the world market, as the
global sugar price is severely eroded by subsidy-induced overproduction in some
major sugar-producing countries. Access to the major markets for raw and refined
sugar is furthermore restricted by high tariffs and preferential trade arrangements in
the form of tariff rate quotas. These same global market distortions also threaten the
maintenance of a profitable and sustainable sugar price on the domestic market.
Government’s strategic support for the South African sugar industry recognises the
distorted nature of the world market for sugar, and the severe impact of producer
support measures on price determination on the global market. Based on these
considerations government support includes intervention in the following three
areas: Tariff protection against disruptively low world sugar prices; Provision for the
establishment of equitable export obligations for millers and growers; and the Sugar
Cooperation Agreement between the members of the Southern African Development
Community.
Tariff protection
The industry is protected through a dollar-based reference price tariff system that is
based on the long-term average world price for sugar, adjusted for distortions, which
only delivers protection when the world price drops below this level.
I N F O R M A T I O N
Equitable export obligations
The profitability of the industry’s exports to the world market is from time to time
severely affected by a subsidy-induced oversupply of global demand. The South
African sugar industry exports approximately 40% of its sugar production to the
world market at prices substantially below the domestic sugar price. In order to
distribute exposure to the world market equitably amongst growers and millers, a
redistribution of proceeds is effected via the South African Sugar Association. The
Sugar Act and the Sugar Industry Agreement provide regulatory support for the
redistribution of proceeds.
I N D U S T R Y
The Southern African Development Community Sugar
Cooperation Agreement
A Southern African Development Community Sugar Co-operation Agreement has
been established and is incorporated into the SADC Trade Protocol. The main
objectives of the SADC Sugar Co-operation Agreement are:
The South African Government’s support for these three essential pillars supporting
the sugar industry is endorsed in the Department of Trade and Industry and the
South African Sugar Industry’s Joint Strategy for the Optimal Development of the
Sugar Industry within a South African Customs Union (SACU) and SADC Context
that was completed in 1999.
STRUCTURE
Underpinning the pillars of support is the structure of the industry.
Council of the SA Sugar Association
I N F O R M A T I O N
The South African Sugar Association administers the partnership on behalf of the
South African Cane Growers’ Association and the South African Sugar Millers’
Association Ltd. As equal partners, each member elects eleven councillors to sit on the
SA Sugar Association Council. The Chairmanship and Vice-Chairmanship of Council
usually alternates every two years between a grower and a miller.
The South African Sugar Association is an autonomous organisation and operates free
of government control. In terms of the Sugar Act and Sugar Industry Agreement,
statutory powers of self governance are granted to the sugar industry.
I N D U S T R Y
The South African Sugar Association’s administrative and industrial activities and
organisations are financed from the proceeds of the sale of local and export sugars.
Its affairs are administered by the Council of the SA Sugar Association.
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GROWERS MILLERS
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
5 Milling Companies
Illovo Sugar Ltd (6 Mills)
14 LOCAL GROWER Tongaat Hulett Sugar Ltd (4 Mills)
COUNCILS Tsb Sugar RSA Ltd (2 Mills)
UCL Company Ltd (1 Mill)
Ushukela Milling Ltd (Pty) (1 Mill)
SOUTH AFRICAN
SUGAR
ASSOCIATION
COUNCIL
I N F O R M A T I O N
I N D U S T R Y
Sugar And Health 11
Sugar is a natural sweetener of plant origin and it is 100% carbohydrate and 100%
natural. The sugars made by plants are sucrose, glucose and fructose. All three are
found in varying amounts in most fruits and many vegetables. All carbohydrate
In recent years the growing incidence in chronic diseases of lifestyle such as diabetes,
cardio-vascular disease and obesity, especially in children, has focused the attention
of policymakers and media on the consumption of fats and sugar, and the potential
contribution of these essential ingredients to the diseases of lifestyle epidemic.
Unbalanced and scientifically inaccurate reporting on sugar consumption has led to
excessive and negative speculation regarding the value of sugar as part of a balanced
daily diet.
Eminent bodies such as the World Health Organisation and the Food and Agricultural
Organisation agree that sugar, like other carbohydrate-containing foods, has an
indispensable role to play in balanced diets. These bodies concluded that there is no
evidence of sugar being the direct cause of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart
disease, obesity or cancer.
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C A N E G R O W E R S
There are approximately 1 660 large-scale growers (inclusive of the 358 black
emerging farmers) who produce 82,55% of total sugarcane production. Milling
companies with their own sugar estates produce 8,1% of the crop. This percentage
of the total crop produced by these miller-cum-planter estates has decreased in
C A N E G R O W E R S
recent years and is likely to continue to do so as the companies promote more black
farming development.
• Representing the collective body of all cane growers in all relevant forums.
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Three of the mills are known as “white end” mills and produce their own
refined sugar. Part of the raw sugar produced by Tsb Sugar RSA Ltd is refined
at the Malelane “white end”, and the balance is exported via the sugar
terminal in Maputo. Raw sugar produced at the remaining mills is routed
to Durban where it is either refined at the central refinery of Tongaat Hulett
Sugar Ltd or stored at the South African Sugar Association Sugar Terminal
prior to export. Diversity is the key factor in today’s highly integrated sugar
milling operations and the mills produce a range of other products such as
ethyl alcohol and furfural and its derivatives, although these activities are
outside the industry partnership.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR MILLERS’
ASSOCIATION LIMITED
This Association represents the interests of all sugar millers and refiners in South Africa.
The Association's objectives cover legislative measures affecting the industry, training,
R E F I N I N G
scientific and technological research, and compilation of statistics.
The Association is administered by an Executive Director and staff who undertake these
activities and who interact with the other organisations, particularly CANEGROWERS, on
matters concerning the industry.
The members of the South African Sugar Millers' Association Limited are:
A N D
ILLOVO SUGAR LIMITED
M I L L I N G
Illovo Sugar Ltd presently operates six sugar mills in South Africa, two of which have
refineries and three which have packaging plants. It has three cane growing estates and
produces a variety of downstream products.
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SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR ASSOCIATION DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A S S O C I A T I O N
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE NATIONAL MARKET
S U G A R
HUMAN RESOURCES
S A
SASA DIVISIONS SUPPORTING CORE INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS
• Variety Improvement seeks to breed and select high yielding, pest and disease
resistant varieties that meet industry requirements, using both conventional breeding
and modern molecular technologies. Improved efficiency in variety production is a
key focus area.
• Crop Protection research is aimed at minimising the impact of weeds, pests and
diseases on crop yields. Emphasis is placed on the integrated use of management
practices and optimisation of cycle length and number is encouraged.
CANE TESTING SERVICE (CTS)
The Cane Testing Service provides a specialist service under contract to individual Mill Group
Boards to determine the quality of individual grower cane deliveries to the mill for cane
payment purposes. This analytical chemistry service assesses the recoverable value content
S U G A R
in cane delivered to the mill by growers, providing a neutral and objective basis on which to
calculate recoverable value payment by miller to grower. The CTS also provides a technical
audit of the distribution between millers and growers ensuring fair and equitable division
of proceeds.
S A
SHUKELA TRAINING CENTRE (STC)
With the slogan 'Training today’s people for South Africa’s tomorrow', the Shukela Training
Centre is the preferred provider of agricultural and engineering training to the sugar industry.
The Agricultural Training Department focuses on the sugar industry and provides skills based
18 training to all sugarcane farmers. The courses take place on the farms and the training has
a high practical component and can be of benefit to new entrants into sugarcane growing,
established commercial and small-scale growers and farm workers.
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Engineering training is carried out at the Shukela Training Centre based in Mount Edgecombe,
where accommodation is available for the learners. The Centre proudly boasts training
equipment that spans the progress of technology. Learners are trained in Electrical, Electronics,
Fitting, Millwright, Refrigeration and Welding and all departments are accredited to qualify
learners to artisan status either by Learnership or Apprenticeship.
The Centre is accredited with the relevant Sectoral Education and Training Authorities and has
the status of Institute of Occupational Excellence conferred by the AgriSETA.
NATIONAL MARKET
The Division is responsible for managing industry matters that affect the national market
A S S O C I A T I O N
for sugar with respect to: marketing communication of sugar to consumers, administration
of industrial rebates, researching drivers of sugar demand, administering aspects of SACU/
SADC sugar agreements and statistically analysing sugar supplies and demand.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
The marketing and logistics related to South Africa’s bulk raw sugar is performed by the
International Marketing Division. The Division focuses on achieving maximum net proceeds
at an acceptable level of risk. The raw sugar is sold to refineries in the Far East, Middle East,
Africa, the Black Sea region and the United States, either directly or through international
S U G A R
trade houses. Price risk is managed by hedging the value of raw sugar exports on the
inter-continental NYBOT Sugar Exchange. Bulk raw sugar is exported through SASA’s Sugar
Terminal in Durban and the STAM Terminal in Maputo, in which SASA is a shareholder.
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
S A
This Division performs in a range of areas that require specialist external communication skills.
This covers an international and regional focus, publications, communications, renewable
energy, environment, development and nutrition. The Division also administers the Sugar
Industry Trust Fund for Education. 19
External Affairs is responsible for the building of governmental relationships and the
monitoring of local, regional and global trade policies affecting the South African sugar
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
The Division is responsible for the Treasury function, including obtaining all funds required for
industrial requirements, for example carry-over stock and foreign exchange risk management.
Finance and Administration provides monthly and annual financial reporting to the industry.
Administrating and facilitating the partnership aspects of the industry, the Division is responsible
for legislation governing the sugar industry (Sugar Act and Sugar Industry Agreement). This
includes the division of proceeds between millers and growers, and the growers register.
Umthombo Agricultural Finance, within the Finance and Administration Division, provides
savings facilities and administers loans for small-scale growers in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape
and Mpumalanga provinces in South Africa.
SASA INTERNAL SUPPORT SERVICES
The services of the SASA divisions are facilitated by the support they obtain from
SASA’s Finance and Administration, Information Systems and Human Resources.
A S S O C I A T I O N
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
In addition to the functions listed under SASA divisions supporting core industry functions,
the Finance and Administration Division provides financial accounting, taxation, corporate
governance, treasury and administration services to SASA.
user data, application hosting for various divisions and external clients, the provision of all
electronic communications such as e-mail, internet and intranet and the management of all
wide area and dial-up communication links. The weekly processing of the Industrial Systems
that determine cane payment amounts for growers who have delivered sugarcane to the mills
is also performed by the department. Through Autolab, the division provides expert support
S A
and development of the Sugar Industry Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
utilised by all sugar mills within South Africa. The division also manages the various aspects
of service delivery at SASA sites particularly in respect of the provision of centralised hard
and soft services.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
As a provider of specialist services, SASA's performance and service levels are highly reliant
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
upon the performance and service of SASA's employees. The diversity of the skills SASA
employs, range from high-level specialists to unionised industrial and agricultural labour, and
the wide geographical spread of our operations, makes the effective management of people,
their knowledge and their performance particularly important.
In support of this need, the Human Resources division provides a comprehensive range of
services to managers and employees in SASA, all of which aim to resource the organisation
with highly competent and effective people who are committed to serving the best interests
of the South African sugar industry.
FACTS & FIGURES
2 0 0 8 / 2 0 0 9
TOTAL CANE/SUGAR PRODUCTION
2 500 000
2 000 000
2 754 619
2 721 562
TONS
2 638 156
2 524 660
2 500 504
1 500 000
2 412 031
2 403 630
2 403 243
2 273 499
2 259 696
2 226 869
2 226 853
A N D
1 657 835
1 658 935
1 000 000
500 000
F A C T S
0
94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08
SEASON
430
394 843
392 476
E S
430 106
431 771
426 861
428 822
415
380 553
421 637
424 907
422 814
423 960
421 038
419 463
416 820
400
U YR
411 297
G R
385
D E CF TI O
370
325 956
325 704
321 234
355 Hectares harvested for milling
322 858
319 359
318 856
340
313 294
316 357
316 010
299 655
C TT RS Y ADNI R
305 600
296 576
325
284 237
310
269 677
273 122
Hectares (‘000)
295
280
A S
265
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DF U
250
93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 *
*estimate
CROP DATA: 1994/1995 to 2007/2008 23
Areas Yields
Yields per Rainfall
Sucrose Tons cane Tons cane Tons sugar hectare of June
% to 1 ton crushed made harvested to May
NORTHERN IRRIGATED
Malelane 1 761 160 1 853 104 1 837 756 1 551 272 1 646 458 1 526 932 1 673 411
Komati 1 907 089 2 056 787 2 137 724 1 978 632 2 090 988 2 102 157 2 278 334
Pongola 1 355 654 1 409 293 1 426 568 1 370 009 1 419 079 1 379 011 1 307 361
A N D
Total Northern Irrigated 5 023 903 5 319 184 5 402 048 4 899 913 5 156 525 5 008 100 5 259 106
ZULULAND
F A C T S
Umfolozi 1 172 173 1 262 294 1 087 606 1 072 527 1 197 851 1 113 986 1 033 108
Felixton 2 018 564 2 175 081 1 894 726 2 010 329 2 287 595 2 139 239 1 843 728
Amatikulu 1 624 590 1 672 146 1 160 625 1 690 400 1 613 631 1 560 434 1 415 976
Total Zululand 5 220 912 5 518 915 4 504 160 4 773 256 5 099 077 4 813 659 4 292 812
24 NORTH COAST
Darnall 1 211 236 1 373 582 1 097 397 1 261 744 1 353 382 1 224 859 1 075 048
Gledhow (KwaDukuza) 1 150 711 1 383 225 1 175 622 1 094 491 1 184 415 1 196 391 1 181 104
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Maidstone 1 648 747 1 899 922 1 389 215 1 393 182 1 309 502 1 346 956 1 170 597
Total North Coast 4 010 694 4 656 729 3 662 234 3 749 417 3 847 299 3 768 206 3 426 749
MIDLANDS
Eston 1 255 166 1 418 127 1 307 274 1 074 963 1 306 057 1 267 501 1 409 281
Noodsberg 1 565 577 1 673 982 1 614 762 1 064 756 1 512 304 1 449 050 1 450 009
Union 744 868 804 492 777 307 629 994 792 473 722 445 670 076
Total Midlands 3 565 610 3 896 601 3 699 343 2 769 713 3 610 834 3 438 996 3 529 366
SOUTH COAST
Sezela 2 187 376 2 321 366 2 014 283 1 946 179 2 164 689 2 088 586 2 071 265
Umzimkulu 1 148 041 1 299 759 1 136 865 956 282 1 173 842 1 161 056 1 144 618
Total South Coast 3 335 417 3 621 125 3 151 148 2 902 461 3 338 531 3 249 642 3 215 883
TOTAL 21 156 537 23 012 554 20 418 933 19 094 760 21 052 266 20 278 603 19 723 916
SA SUGAR SUPPLIES INTO SACU MARKET
1400
industrial
sales
F I G U R E S
578 263 tons
1200
42,4% 57,6%
1000
1 362 555
800
1 343 611
1 327 793
1 345 570
1 334 589
1 311 096
1 267 979
1 278 015
1 412 795
A N D
1 235 220
1 101 602
1 230 045
1 227 215
1 220 380
direct &
600 CONTRACT sales
784 293 tons
F A C T S
400
200
0
94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08
25
SA SUGAR SALES/TONS: 1995/1996 to 2007/2008
White Brown Direct Industrial Per capita
1995/1996 1 129 989 148 026 915 521 71,6 362 494 28,4 32,4
1996/1997 1 182 745 160 866 920 896 68,5 422 715 31,5 32,8
1997/1998 1 176 660 157 929 905 592 67,9 428 997 32,1 32,8
1998/1999 1 072 230 148 150 808 884 66,3 411 496 33,7 32,0
1999/2000 1 069 494 160 551 811 591 66,0 418 454 34,0 31,2
2000/2001 1 140 308 170 788 879 529 67,1 431 567 32,9 31,1
2001/2002 1 066 168 161 047 819 273 66,8 407 942 33,2 31,9
2002/2003 1 218 766 194 029 924 146 65,4 488 649 34,6 31,9
2003/2004 926 951 174 651 670 214 60,4 431 388 39,1 31,9
2004/2005 1 073 867 194 112 785 538 61,9 482 441 38,0 32,3
2005/2006 1 112 153 215 640 810 017 61,0 517 776 39,0 32,4
2006/2007 1 121 273 224 297 771 216 57,3 574 354 42,7 33,6
2007/2008 1 121 263 241 292 784 293 57,6 578 263 42,4 34,9
RECOVERABLE VALUE AND CANE PRICES
per ton
F I G U R E S
R1 701,90
R208,82
RV
A N D
Cane
F A C T S
2 0 0 8 / 2 0 0 9
SA SUGAR ASSOCIATION
Kwa-Shukela, 170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe 4300
PO Box 700, Mount Edgecombe 4300
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7000
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. (031) 508 7199
A S S O C I A T I O N
EXECUTIVE
Executive Director: MK Trikam
170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe 4300
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 031) 508 7003
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7197
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . trix.trikam@sasa.org.za
If the area of operation you are looking for is not listed, phone (031) 508 7400.
E-mail Tel Fax
(031) (031)
Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . charles.dettman@sugar.org.za 508 7401 508 7599
Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carolyn.baker@sugar.org.za 508 7404 508 7599
Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . extension@sugar.org.za 508 7492 508 7595
Diagnostic and
Analytical Services . . . . . . . . . diagnostics@sugar.org.za 508 7528 508 7597
Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . library@sugar.org.za 508 7514 508 7597
Human Resources. . . . . . catherine.botes@sugar.org.za 508 7505 508 7596
SA Sugarcane Research Institute Extension Officers:
A T I O N
Cane Growers
MJ Eweg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 031 508 7491 082 6550357 martin.eweg@sugar.org.za
Cane Growers North Coast
F Phewa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 031 508 7494 082 6550358 francis.phewa@sugar.org.za
O RC YI
Lower South Coast
A CS TS O
GF Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 039 682 1822 082 6533151 grant.buchanan@sugar.org.za
South Coast
U YG AD RI R E
D McElligott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 039 975 1377 083 6555012 dirk.mcelligott@sugar.org.za
Midlands South
E Bruggemann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 031 781 1718 082 6543536 edgar.bruggemann@sugar.org.za
S R
Midlands North
A ST
P Brenchley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 033 503 1818 082 6543549 pat.brenchley@sugar.org.za
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DS U
Durban North Coast
O de Haas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 032 947 1410 082 6543546 otto.dehaas@sugar.org.za
Cane Growers South Coast
WA Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 031 302 2865 082 6550356 william.gillespie@sugar.org.za
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North Coast
RA Stranack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 032 947 1410 082 6533144 rowan.stranack@sugar.org.za
Zululand South
Regional Managers:
North: Felixton, Komati, Malelane,
Pongola, Umfolozi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O Kusche . . (034) 413 1551
South: Eston, KwaDukuza, Maidstone, Amatikulu, Darnall,
Noodsberg, Sezela, Umzimkulu . . . . . . . . . . K Naidoo . . (031) 508 7142
Cane Testing Service Managers:
Amatikulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Naidoo . . . . . . . . . . . . (035) 331 1235
Darnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Naidoo . . . . . . . . . . . . (032) 486 1391
Eston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Govender . . . . . . . . . . (031) 781 1092
S U G A R
A T I O N
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +44 1264 351 353
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . robin.bell@sasa.org.za
SA SUGAR TERMINAL
Operations Manager: JD Harmse
O RC YI
25 Leuchars Road, Durban 4001
A CS TS O
PO Box 61104, Bishopsgate 4008
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 365 8100
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 301 1313
U YG AD RI R E
e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . johan.harmse@sasa.org.za
Tour Centre
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 365 8153
S R
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 365 8151
A ST
e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tourguide@sasa.org.za
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DS U
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Finance and Administration Director: DP Rossler
170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe 4300
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7050 31
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7194
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . deane.rossler@sasa.org.za
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
SORY
Union: SP Love, PO Box 1, Dalton 3236
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (033) 501 1600
R T
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (033) 501 1187
E C
O IWR E
REGIONAL MANAGERS
Northern Irrigated: B Sugden . . . . . . . . . . . (013) 790 0305
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DC UA SNTERGY R D
North Coast: A Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (032) 947 0176
South Coast: RM Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . (039) 682 5122
Zululand: G Groom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (035) 772 3111
Midlands: B Pearce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (033) 503 1820
Tugela: B Nothard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (035) 337 1135
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GROCANE FIRE INSURANCE CO-OP 1998 LIMITED
170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe 4302
PO Box 557, Mount Edgecombe 4302
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7161
Head Office: Illovo Sugar Park, 1 Montgomery Drive, Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal
PO Box 194, Durban 4000
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 4300
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 4499
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.illovosugar.com
Chairman: RA Williams;
Managing Director: DG MacLeod;
34 Operations Director: GJ Clark;
Group Human Resources: NM Hawley;
New Projects Director: JT Russell;
Technical Director: BM Stuart;
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
GROUP OPERATIONS
Medical: Dr PH Canter; Technical Services: D Coates; Marketing: R J de Allende;
Finance: DE Howells; Corporate Services: X Magojo; New Projects: JM Moult;
Internal Audit: AE Oosthuizen; Information Technology: DA Schaller;
Agriculture: GS Trott
SA OPERATIONS
Illovo Sugar Park, 1 Montgomery Drive, Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal
PO Box 194, Durban 4000
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 4300
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 4530
General Manager: LW Riddle; Marketing: HR Hackmann;
Human Resources: S Hlela; Finance/Industry Affairs: NT Moor;
Refined Sugar Production: GF Mann; Raw Sugar Production: S Rau
PONGOLA MILL
PO Box 23, Pongola 3170
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (034) 413 8100
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (034) 413 8167
Operations Manager: BV Holmes; Factory Manager: H Zungu;
Administration Manager: J Delport; Cane Procurement Manager: BN Rapson;
Human Resources Manager: D Main
E S
UMFOLOZI MILL
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DM UI SL TL RI YN GD I CR EO CMT POARNY I
Private Bag X12, Mtubatuba 3935
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (035) 550 0031
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (035) 550 1145
Factory Manager: B Govender; Administration Manager: MA Walsh;
Human Resources Manager: S Botes
(Note: As previously advised during April 2008, Illovo has taken back ownership of the Umfolozi sugar mill and
will be operating it during the current 2008/09 sugar season. Discussions regarding future long-term ownership
arrangements are continuing.)
NOODSBERG MILL
Private Bag 501, Dalton 3236
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (033) 502 9500
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (033) 501 1109
Operations Manager: E Lucht; Factory Manager: M Pousson;
Administration Manager: T Spencer; Cane Procurement Manager: J De Lange;
Human Resources Manager: E Monaheng 35
ESTON MILL
SEZELA MILL
PO Sezela 4215
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (039) 975 8000
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (039) 975 8299
Operations Manager: SS Munsamy; Factory Manager: J Janse van Rensburg;
Factory Manager (Downstream products): BG Robson; Administration Manager: DJ Dale;
Human Resources Manager: H Wortmann
UMZIMKULU MILL
PO Box 59, Port Shepstone 4240
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (039) 682 4202
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (039) 682 4126
Operations Manager: L Bachan; Administration Manager: WA Bennett;
Agricultural Manager: P Albers; Human Resources Manager: V Nene
TONGAAT HULETT SUGAR (SOUTH AFRICA) LIMITED
Corporate Office: Private Bag 3, Glenashley 4022
Amanzimnyama Hill Road, Tongaat, 4399
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (032) 439 4300
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (032) 439 4392
Managing Director: MN Mohale;
Executive Director: PD McKerchar;
Executive Director - Technology Management: DM Meadows;
C O M P A N I E S
E S
NORTHERN REGION (Amatikulu/Felixton)
Private Bag X02, Felixton 3875
S O U T H A F R I C A N S U G A R I N DM UI SL TL RI YN GD I CR EO CMT POARNY I
Telephone ………..……………………………………(035) 791 5000
Fax ………..……………………………………………(035) 791 1864
Regional Operations Manager: D van den Berg; Business Services Manager: D Maharaj;
Regional HR Manager: B Lane; Cane Procurement - Commercial: D Beath;
Cane Procurement - Small Scale Growers: W Ntshangase
AMATIKULU MILL
Private Bag Amatikulu 3801
Telephone ………..……………………………………(035) 331 9000
Fax ………..……………………………………………(035) 331 1377
Engineering Manager: A Balouza; Production Manager: M Ninela;
Cane Supply and Transport Manager: L Viljoen
FELIXTON MILL
Private Bag X02, Felixton 3875
Telephone ………..……………………………………(035) 791 5000 37
Fax ………..……………………………………………(035) 791 1864
Engineering Manager: JP de Jager; Production Manager: P Masinga;
Cane Supply and Transport Manager: M Sagadevan
DARNALL MILL
PO Box 4480
Telephone ………..……………………………………(032) 439 9111
Fax ………..……………………………………………(032) 486 1635
Factory Manager: N Simmonds; Production Manager: WJ Morris;
Supply Chain Manager: J van Niekerk
MAIDSTONE MILL
PO Box 5, Maidstone 4380
Telephone ………..……………………………………(032) 439 5511
Fax ………..……………………………………………(032) 944 2818
Factory Manager: C Soji; Engineering Manager: J Rawlinson; Production Manager: N Rajoo;
Supply Chain Manager: G Corson
TSB SUGAR RSA LIMITED
Head Office: PO Box 47, Malelane 1320
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (013) 791 1000
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (013) 790 0769
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . information@tsb.co.za
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tsbsugar.com
Managing Director: H Snyman;
Financial Director: IG van der Walt;
C O M P A N I E S
Komati Mill
M I L L I N G
Malelane Mill
PO Box 47, Malelane 1320
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (013) 791 1015
38 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (013) 790 0264
General Manager: G Rolfe; Operations Manager: A Williamson
Grower Affairs
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY DIRECTORY • 2008/09
Durban Office
PO Box 800, Mount Edgecombe 4300
170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe 4300
Manager Sugar Industry Affairs: BJ Rogers
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7320
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7329
Export Manager: C Smit
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7323
Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7329
I N K E Z O
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 273 1302
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . smridir@smri.org
Chief Executive Officer: J Dewar;
Administration and Human Relations Manager: ML Oosthuizen;
Head Analytical Services: R Simpson;
Head Chemical Research: SN Walford;
&
Head Process Engineering: SB Davis
L A B O U R
SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR TECHNOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION
c/o SA Sugarcane Research Institute, Private Bag X02, Mount Edgecombe 4300
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7543
Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (031) 508 7420
e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sasta@sugar.org.za
R E S E A R C H ,
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sasta.co.za
President: PM Schorn; Vice-President: DL Sweby
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LABOUR ORGANISATIONS
SUGAR MANUFACTURING AND REFINING EMPLOYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Kwa-Shukela, 170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe, 4300
2 0 0 8 / 2 0 0 9
2 0 0 7 / 2 0 0 8
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS
1848 Edmund Morewood plants the first 1962 New markets developed in Canada
H I G H L I G H T S
sugarcane on the KwaZulu-Natal and Japan
North Coast 1964 Bilateral agreement with Britain
1853 First shipment of KwaZulu-Natal sugar terminated and 165 000 tons
to the Cape Commonwealth Preference transferred to
1861 Indentured workers from India arrive Swaziland with agreement on marketing
1865 First black owned steam mill at 1965 Bulk Sugar Terminal erected with storage
American Board of Missions station at capacity of 180 000 tons
Amanzimtoti Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education
1896 Locusts destroy 40% of sugarcane crop launched
H I S T O R I C A L
1900 Sugar output reaches 16 000 tons per 1968 First N variety of cane – bred and
annum with 30 mills in operation and selected in Natal – released by SASEX
2 600 hectares under sugarcane 1970 Molasses mixing plant installed at Bulk
1910 Natal Sugar Association formed Sugar Terminal
1916 Agricultural News and Sugar Planters 1973 SASA launches Small Growers' Financial
Gazette launched (Sugar Journal) Aid Fund with grant of R5 million
1920 Natal Sugar Millers’ Association founded 1974 Industrial Training Centre opened at
Mt Edgecombe
1925 Experiment Station (SASEX) established
1975 Domestic consumption reaches
1927 South African Cane Growers' Association
one million tons
formed 43
1978 N12 released
1936 Sugar Act promulgated and first Sugar
Industry Agreement published 1981 Bulk Sugar Facility established in Gauteng
for domestic market
1937 South Africa becomes foundation
1991 USA quota restored at 2,3% equating to Tongaat Hulett Sugar Ltd's Entumeni Mill
26 000 tons per annum is closed
1992 First year of four-year drought reduces Industrial Training Centre (ITC) changes
production to 1,5m tons name to Shukela Training Centre (STC)
Small Grower Development Trust launched Illovo Sugar Ltd sells Gledhow Mill making
1993 Drought in 1993/94 season reduces it the first sale of a sugar mill to a black
production to 1,171 million tons empowerment group
100 000 tons of sugar imported South African Sugar Experiment Station
(SASEX) changes name to South African
H I S T O R I C A L