SA Canegrowers Warns Sugar Tax Threatens Local Industry Amid Surge in Imports
Farmers Magazine | 14.01.2026 15:07South Africa’s sugar industry is under mounting pressure as imported sugar floods the market, and SA Canegrowers is calling on the government to scrap the sugar tax to protect local producers. The organisation warns that cheap, subsidised imports are displacing locally produced sugar, putting over one million livelihoods at risk.
