Director’s Cut: David Woollam – Inside the Tongaat collapse & the R4.5bn KZN sugar crisis

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After seven years sounding the alarm, analyst David Woollam breaks down Tongaat Hulett’s implosion, the controversial Vision consortium takeover, and the looming economic fallout for KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast. With billions at stake and livelihoods on the line, this is the inside story of governance failure, corporate manoeuvring and what happens next.
17 Feb 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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