Sugarcane farmers received about R60-million worth of premium price payments on January 31 as agreed by the Small-Scale Grower Masterplan Task Team in accordance with the process laid out in the South African Sugarcane Value Chain Master Plan to 2030, which was endorsed by the board of the South African Sugar Association (Sasa) in June 2021. The Sugar Masterplan was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2019 State of the Nation address and was confirmed by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel in his Budget Vote of the same year.
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