The South African Sugar Association (Sasa) has bowed to pressure to change its constitution to allow the representation of black cane farmers. The pressure was applied by the Department of Trade and Industry, which threatened to amend the sugar industry agreement and the Sasa constitution to ensure greater representation of black cane farmers if Sasa did not change its constitution. Parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee also urged the conflicting parties in the industry to reach a compromise. The association announced on Wednesday that it had unanimously adopted constitutional amendments, which will be implemented at the beginning of the new season on April 1 2018. Sasa is a statutory body representing the country’s sugar industry and currently has two members — the South African Cane Growers’ Association and the South African Sugar Millers’ Association. The new changes to the constitution will see the reconfiguration of these two members to ensure they are more inclus...
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