ROB ROSE: Overhaul the sugar industry, plead business rescuers
The industry’s outdated model is under fire — but much-needed structural change is not forthcoming
22 June 2023 - 05:00
The story of South African sugar is one of thwarted ambition.
The first settler, Jan van Riebeeck, failed miserably to farm sugar cane in the Cape, and when it was finally successfully planted by Edward Moreland on his KwaZulu-Natal farm Compensation in 1848, the Englishman soon ran short of cash, so upped sticks for Brazil in 1853...
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