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ILLOVO SUGAR
SOUTH AFRICA

Full Name of Company: Illovo Sugar South Africa (Pty) Ltd Name of Account / Auditor: Ernst & Young
Industry Sector: Agriculture Bank: Standard Bank
Nature of Business: Four agricultural estates; three KEY PERSONNEL
sugar factories; one refinery; three wholly owned Group Managing Director: Gavin Dalgleish
downstream plants, 50% share in a distillery; 30% Managing Director (Illovo Sugar SA): Ricky Govender
investment in a further sugar factory and refinery Marketing Director: Mduduzi Nkala
Date Established: 1891 Financial Manager: Melissa Naidoo
Products:
CONTACT DETAILS
ƒ Raw, brown and refined sugar, syrup, and Physical Address: 1 Nokwe Avenue, Ridgeside,
downstream products Umhlanga Ridge – Umhlanga 4001
ƒ Internal electricity generation from renewable Postal Address: P.O. Box 194 Durban 4000
resources
Tel: +27 (0)31 508 4300
No. of Employees: 2 900 permanent and non-permanent E-mail: websa@illovo.co.za
people Website: www.illovo.co.za

A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORY ROLE
Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd is a Pan-African consumer
centric agri-business with roots in growing and making
sugar and related products. It is Africa’s largest sugar
producer and has extensive agricultural operations
in six southern African countries – eSwatini, Malawi,
Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Sugar and downstream products are manufactured
from cane supplied by its own agricultural operations
and independent growers. The group is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc
(ABF), a diversified international food, ingredients and
retail group operating in more than 50 countries.
ILLOVO SUGAR (SOUTH AFRICA)
Illovo Sugar (South Africa) (Illovo SA) is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Illovo Group, with its
operations including the cultivation of sugar cane and
production of raw, brown, and refined sugar, syrup,
together with the downstream products of furfural
and its derivatives, ethyl alcohol and lactulose.
Illovo’s first presence was recognised in KwaZulu-
Natal in 1891. Illovo SA today is an invested, long-term
contributor to South Africa’s economy, committed to
partnering for the continuing transformation of its
agricultural and sugar production sectors.
The company annually produces more than 550 000
tons of raw and refined sugar from 4.8 million tons

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