The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) on Tuesday urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to scrap the sugar tax, as well as suspend the fuel duty and road accident fund levies for the industry... 

Following the resignation of Tongaat Hulett CEO and executive director Gavin Hudson, with effect from February 28, the company has appointed executive director Dan Marokane as acting CEO. His... 

Industry body Agri SA has implored President Cyril Ramaphosa to address food security in his State of the Nation Address on February 9, given that the agricultural sector has lost more than... 

The National Treasury has missed the 30-day legislative deadline to respond to a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application submitted by industry organisation SA Canegrowers, which... 

The anti-dumping tariffs on French fries placed on three European countries by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) have lapsed, which will bring relief to... 

JSE-listed Tongaat Hulett announced that the joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have requested approval from creditors for an extension of the date for the publication of the business... 

The African Plant Breeding Academy, which trains plant breeders in advanced crop breeding, is training 11 doctorate-level scientists from across the continent to use Clustered Regularly Interspaced... 

Industry body SA Canegrowers has appealed to government to implement measures to mitigate the impact of loadshedding on sugarcane growers, warning that its data shows that the South African sugar... 

The 2023 wine grape harvest – from January to April – is expected to deliver a smaller crop than in 2022, viticulturists and producer cellars have indicated in the latest crop estimate.... 

Integrated poultry producer Astral Foods has advised that its poultry division has experienced severe operational disruptions through the first quarter of its 2023 financial year, mainly as a... 

As the franchise sector suffers more debilitating losses as a result of the loadshedding crisis, industry organisation the Franchise Association of South Africa (Fasa) has called on government to... 

The South African wine industry exported 368-million litres of wine, valued at R9.9-billion, in 2022. Exports were 5%, or 20-million litres, lower than in 2021. The value of exports in 2022 was... 

The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the lives of millions of people, including chicken farmers. In the poultry... 

Uthingo Mills KwaZulu-Natal, a black female owned business, officially launched its maize meal product at the weekend. The maize meal company is currently contracted by Spar Group to provide... 

Retailer Pick n Pay has launched a new pick-up point for online shop Takealot’s customers in one of its stores in Cape Town. This is part of a pilot aimed at giving customers the convenience of... 

South African food distributor Hume International will invest R30-million towards expanding its dry store facilities over the next year, as it seeks to meet surging local demand and grow its export... 

Food and beverage company Nestlé's East & Southern Africa Region (ESAR) is undertaking several sustainability initiatives, aligned with the group’s 2030 ambition of zero environmental impact by its... 

Food and beverage company PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa has opened a new production line at its Weet-Bix facility, in Atlantis, in the Western Cape, which will boost production capacity. The new line... 

As global demand for and use of products such as pesticides and fertiliser increases, it is imperative that stakeholders minimise the adverse impacts of these products on human and environmental... 

The Health Promotion Levy (HPL), commonly known as the sugar tax, still poses the greatest threat to the continued existence of the sugar industry, says South African Sugar Association (SASA)... 

The Sugarcane Value Chain Master Plan 2030 aims to prevent the sugar industry from collapsing, following its decline in recent years. The industry depends on government to create viable measures to... 

Original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) Bell Equipment’s UltECO 6 sugar cane slew loader was designed to be the lowest-cost, controlled-traffic loading tool globally and incorporates a slewing cab... 

Industry body SA Canegrowers has made a submission to the National Treasury, calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to not only suspend the increase in the sugar tax, but to eliminate the tax... 

Tiger Brands’ beverage business, which produces some of South Africa’s signature brands such as Oros, Energade and Rose’s, has been focused on expanding its market share and growing its offering in... 

Embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett plans to hold a virtual shareholder meeting on December 9, to vote on the remuneration of the company’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs). This follows... 

Industry body Vinpro says South African wine grape producers expect a good, albeit smaller, crop in 2023, following a dry but healthy season. In what is the first of four crop estimates issued by... 

Food manufacturer Tiger Brands has reported a 10% increase in total revenue to R34-billion from continuing operations, ultimately delivering robust results for the financial year ended September... 

South Africa’s citrus growers industry has, despite achieving a marginal increase in export volumes for the 2022 season, compared with that of 2021, faced a myriad of challenges during this period,... 

A consortium comprising the sugarcane growers that supply troubled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, has submitted an expression of interest to business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to acquire... 

Local beer maker South African Breweries recently unveiled its brand repositioning strategy. Darren Parker tells us more. 

Food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation (hereafter referred to, for short, as food inflation) in South Africa continued its upward momentum in October, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy... 

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has described South African Breweries’ (SAB’s) R825-million investment in its Prospecton brewery as an “overwhelming vote of confidence in the future of the... 

Food and beverage company Nestlé's East & Southern Africa Region (ESAR) has installed a 966 kW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at its Babelegi manufacturing plant, in... 

South African packaged goods company Tiger Brands has set itself an ambitious target of doubling the consumption of its beverages in the domestic market and being a preferred beverage manufacturer... 

Shares in Astral Foods rose more than 4% in morning trade after it reported full year revenue growth of over a fifth, and it more than doubled its profits. The strong performance came as the...