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South Africa's drought-hit sugar harvest to be smallest since 1995

2016-03-01 07:18:17| Sugar Industry News

South Africa is expected to harvest 1.63 million tonnes of sugar in the 2015/2016 season, the lowest since 1995 and down 22 percent on the previous period as a severe drought hits production, an industry body said on Wednesday. The worst drought in a century has hurt sugar and maize producing regions, piling pressure on sugar producers who are also grappling with cheap imports, forcing some mills to remain closed and reducing jobs in the sector.

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South Africa's economy 'in crisis'

2016-02-24 14:54:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

South Africa's finance minister cuts growth forecast and says there is "no doubt the country is in crisis" ahead of his 2016 Budget speech.

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Drought deepens South Africas malaise

2015-12-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Under a midmorning sun that augured punishing heat later in the day, a handful of cows stood still inside a small pen, their ribs protruding. Too weak to reach the nearest grassy field some miles away, some munched on tall grass that their owner had cut from a strip of land along the highway, in a desperate attempt to save his cattle from the drought afflicting the land. The owner, T. J. Koee a former miner and a full-time cattle farmer for the past 16 years listed the droughts toll this...

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