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... 

Health risks associated with conventional lubricants pose a challenge to beverage manufacturers, consequently requiring them to eliminate contamination of final products as much as possible.... 

Beer manufacturer Heineken continues its journey to being a sustainable company through its Brew a Better World strategy. The strategy is built on three pillars: the environment, social impact and... 

Beer maker South African Breweries (SAB) has revealed a new logo and slogan as part of a holistic brand repositioning campaign. The new logo features a gold circle that transitions into a red line,... 

Investment company Brait, whose largest shareholder is Christo Wiese, has announced plans to spin off and separately list Premier Group, in an initial public offering (IPO) that would value the... 

Last month, global designer and manufacturer Emerson announced that a customer in China has recently purchased the three-millionth Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controller for use in the water... 

Steel, tube and valve supplier Stewarts & Lloyds’ Pipes & Fittings division has received its first consignment of vacuum break valves from local valve manufacturer Variant Air and has distributed... 

Manufacturing production increased by 2.9% year-on-year in September, with the largest positive contributions made by the motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (43.2%... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has responded to trade consultant XA Global Trade Advisors’ call on government to conduct an urgent review of the impact of... 

Beermaker Heineken unveiled its grid-based 6.5MW solar power plant at the company’s Sedibeng Brewery in Midvaal last month which will supply 30% of its power consumption as part of the company’s... 

Sugarcane industry organisation SA Canegrowers’ members have accepted a proposal by the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for Tongaat Hulett that ensures the payment of outstanding payments due... 

Scientists uncovering the health benefits of rooibos will receive a boost of close to R10-million, thanks to a partnership between the Department of Science and Innovation, and the South African... 

Software company SYSPRO Africa announced last month that it was completing the implementation a new software system – almost 100% remotely from South Africa – for a manufacturing and warehousing... 

Outsourced solutions provider Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) moved more than 600 000 stock items to a new warehouse facility for a client in September while maintaining full sales capacity... 

Distributor of consumer goods to Africa, Massmart, has opened its new flagship Riversands distribution centre in Riversands, Gauteng. The company announced that it had officially opened its new... 

In South Africa, a country where 'braais' are a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator. That... 

International trade consultant XA Global Trade Advisors has called on government to conduct an urgent review of the impact of import duties on the increasing cost of food and to remove newly... 

South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquatic Science (CEFAS) – an executive agency of the UK Department for... 

Brewing company South African Breweries (SAB), in partnership with the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), has handed over seven new Gauteng-based mobile Alcohol Evidence Centres... 

Flavour manufacturer Givaudan South Africa has inaugurated a new Consumer & Sensory Insights (CSI) centre at its production facility in Tulisa Park, Johannesburg, marking the first CSI centre for... 

Beer manufacturer Heineken this week unveiled a 6.5 MW solar power plant at its Sedibeng brewery, in Midvaal. The solar power plant was built as part of the company’s Build a Better World... 

Agroprocessing group Tongaat Hulett's board has determined that the company is in financial distress and has decided to start voluntary business rescue proceedings. The company reiterates in an... 

Food services franchisor Famous Brands reported an improved financial performance in the six months ending August 31, with headline earnings a share having increased by 121% year-on-year to R2.15.... 

Wine industry organisation Vinpro and industry body Winetech People Development have launched an e-learning platform through which South African wine industry vineyard workers can hone their... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, that South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter to be referred to simply as...