South African Sugar Association (SASA)

SASA’s support services to the industry partnership are provided directly to the Growers’ Section (South African Cane Growers’ Association NPC and South African Farmers’ Development Association) and the Millers’ Section (South African Sugar Millers’ Association NPC) and councillors of and delegates to the South African Sugar Association. These services include: ministration and facilitation of compliance to industry legislation and of industry partnership decision-making processes (industry affairs), cane payment technical audit function performed by the cane testing service, support to the maintenance and growth of the local sugar market provided from the national market department of the sugar markets and logistics division and the nutrition department of external affairs, management of the export marketing of raw bulk sugar (sugar markets and logistics), management of the industry’s relationship with the external stakeholders, its contribution to the broader community (external affairs), management of a land reform service that facilitates the development of policy that has the support of government (land reform), management of industry finance and treasury functions (finance).