# Union federation Saftu says the withdrawal of the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett has averted a devastating blow to small-scale growers, rural communities and the broader sugar value chain. Business rescue practitioners, the Industrial Development Corporation, and the Vision Group concluded a binding tripartite agreement, protecting 250-thousand jobs. Saftu’s general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says South Africa cannot build an inclusive economy while allowing strategic productive sectors to collapse:
Saftu says Tongaat Hulett’s liquidation would have had catastrophic consequences [SOUND]
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