Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett's business rescue practitioners said they had been granted the right to appeal a December 2023 decision by the Durban High Court that the company had to pay R526-million in outstanding levies to the sugar industry. The overdue payment of these obligations threatens the livelihoods of many in the sugar industry. Further delays in the payment will be to the detriment of thousands of growers and the rural economies of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal that the sugarcane industry sustains, industry organisation the South African Cane Growers Association (SA Canegrowers) said on August 2.
