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1 Operations  



1.1  South Africa  





1.2  Mozambique  





1.3  Eswatini  





1.4  Zimbabwe  





1.5  Animal feeds  





1.6  Artificial sweeteners  





1.7  Starch  





1.8  Land development  







2 Corruption scandal  





3 References  





4 External links  














Tongaat Hulett






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Tongaat Hulett Ltd.
Company typePublic

Traded as

JSE: TON, LSETHL
IndustrySugar
Founded1892

Key people

Liege Hulett, founder
JG Hudson, CEO
RevenueIncreaseR14,373 Billion (FY 2013)[1]

Net income

IncreaseR2,145 Billion (FY 2013)[1]

Number of employees

31, 230 [2]
Websitewww.tongaat.com
www.huletts.co.za

Tongaat Hulett is an agriculture and agri-processing business, focusing on the complementary feedstocks of sugarcane and maize. The company had its origins on the North coastofKwaZulu-Natal, specifically the town of Tongaat (now oThongathi). The company was formed as a result of a merger between the Tongaat Sugar Company founded by Edward Saunders and Hulett's Sugar founded in 1892 by Liege Hulett.[3] Company stock is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. Its core businesses are sugar, starch and property management.

In the 2014/15 season, 1.314 million tons of sugar were produced.[4]

Operations[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Mozambique[edit]

Eswatini[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

Tongaat Hulett's had three sugar estates in ZimbabweinChiredzi District and they bordered one another.

Animal feeds[edit]

Voermol Feeds, based in Maidstone, produces molasses-based animal feeds.

Artificial sweeteners[edit]

Cape Sweeteners, based in Durban, is a subsidiary of Tongaat Hulett Sugar, producing artificial sweeteners including; aspartame, neotame, acesulfame-K, fructose, sodium saccharin, sodium cyclamate, polydextrose, maltitol and lactitol. It is the exclusive South African agentofNutrasweet's aspartame and neotame

Starch[edit]

Tongaat Hulett Starch, previously African Products is Africa's largest producer of starch and glucose, produced at five South African factories.

Land development[edit]

Tongaat Hulett Developments is a land conversion and development company that carries out land conversion activities by collaborating closely with the public sector, communities and other businesses.

Corruption scandal[edit]

At the end of 2018, the CEO, Peter Staude took early retirement[5] and the chief financial officer, Murray Munro, went on sick-leave.[6] In January 2019, a new CEO was appointed. In February 2019, the company announced a drop in expected profits[7] as well as a liquidity crisis.[8]

In May 2019, the company announced that its published financial results could not be relied on and that the company's equity (the value of the business after liabilities) in its 2018, financial results has been overstated by between R3.5 billion to R4.5 billion[9] in addition revised financial reports would be published in October 2019.[10] The Zimbabwean operation of Tongaat-Hulett has also not been able to provide reliable financial reports in 2019 on time.[11] The auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers were employed to do a forensic audit.[9] The diligence of the company's regular auditors, Deloitte has been called into question.[12] The company suspended trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.[13] In late June 2019, the company laid a criminal charge against an unnamed executive.[14][10] In an effort to survive the company is cutting costs and has sent retrenchment letters to 5000 employees.[9][15] In August 2019, the company decided to remove itself from the list of traded companies on the London Stock Exchange.[16]

In February 2022, seven people connected with the scandal namely, Peter Staude, Murray Hector Munro, Michael Edward Deighton, Rory Edward Wilkinson, Kamasagrie Singh, Samantha Shukla and Gavin Dykes Kruger appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court and were granted bail.[17] The appeared in court again in April 2022.[18]

References[edit]

  • ^ Tongaat Hulett:Employees as of 31 March 2013 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, March 2013, Retrieved: 31 March 2013.
  • ^ Berakofi (2021-04-09). "About Tongaat Hulett Group". BeraPortal.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  • ^ Hancock, Tracy. "Tongaat Hulett starch and cellulose sees record year, keen on cogen". www.engineeringnews.co.za. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  • ^ Hedley, Nick (6 August 2018). "Tongaat Hulett CEO Peter Staude to go sooner than expected". Business Day.
  • ^ Mchunu, Sandile (12 February 2019). "Tongaat Hulett hopeful new CFO can bring sweetness back to group". Business Report. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Gernetzk, Karl (26 February 2019). "Tongaat Hulett falls 20% to 25-year low". Business Day.
  • ^ Ginindza, Banele (25 April 2019). "Tongaat Hulett renews its cautionary notice". Business Report. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ a b c "Tongaat Hulett's listing has been suspended - here's what we know about the crisis at the sugar giant". businessinsider.co.za. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ a b Harper, Paddy (19 July 2019). "Sugar barons' greed costs workers". The M&G Online. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Mataranyika, Memory (2 August 2019). "Tongaat Hulett's Zim unit misses extended deadline to release financials". Fin24. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ de Villiers, James (4 June 2019). "Tongaat Hulett scandal: Deloitte replaces senior auditors and launches an internal investigation". businessinsider.co.za. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Dlamini, Sizwe (10 June 2019). "JSE suspends Tongaat Hulett listing". Business Report. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Prinsloo, Loni (27 June 2019). "Criminal case opened against former Tongaat Hulett executive". Business Day.
  • ^ Fourie, Penny (22 May 2019). "Thousands to lose their jobs at Tongaat Hulett". North Coast Courier. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Heiberg, Tanisha (2 August 2019). "Tongaat Hulett to delist from LSE". Moneyweb. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  • ^ Mashego, Penelope; Singh, Kaveel (10 February 2022). "Former Tongaat Hulett CEO and other ex-directors granted bail in R1.5bn fraud case". Fin24. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  • ^ Marriah-Maharaj, Jolene (11 April 2022). "Tongaat Huletts senior executives charged over R3.5 billion fraud may face additional charges". iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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