The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation Limited (RSSC), located in the north-eastern Lowveld is one of the largest companies in Swaziland. Listed on the Swaziland Stock Exchange, RSSC is owned by several hundred shareholders, the majority shareholder being Tibiyo Taka Ngwane with 53.1%, followed by Tsb Sugar International (Proprietary) Limited with 26.3%. Other shareholders include the Swaziland Government, the Nigerian Government, Coca-Cola Export Corporation Limited, and Booker Tate Limited. RSSC grows more than 21 000 hectares of irrigated sugar cane on two estates leased from the Swazi Nation, and manages a further 5,01 hectares on behalf of third parties, which together deliver over two million tonnes of cane per season to the Group's two sugar mills. These two mills currently crush cane at a combined throughput of 780 tonnes per hour, producing an excess of 430,000 tonnes of sugar (96o Pol) in a normal season. RSSC also operates a sugar refinery, situated at the Mhlume mill, which produces 170,000 tonnes of refined sugar, and a 32 million-litre capacity ethanol plant, which is situated adjacent to the Simunye mill.
The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation Limited (RSSC), located in the north-eastern Lowveld is one of the largest companies in Swaziland. Listed on the Swaziland Stock Exchange, RSSC is owned by several hundred shareholders, the majority shareholder being Tibiyo Taka Ngwane with 53.1%, followed by Tsb Sugar International (Proprietary) Limited with 26.3%. Other shareholders include the Swaziland Government, the Nigerian Government, Coca-Cola Export Corporation Limited, and Booker Tate Limited. RSSC grows more than 21 000 hectares of irrigated sugar cane on two estates leased from the Swazi Nation, and manages a further 5,01 hectares on behalf of third parties, which together deliver over two million tonnes of cane per season to the Group's two sugar mills. These two mills currently crush cane at a combined throughput of 780 tonnes per hour, producing an excess of 430,000 tonnes of sugar (96o Pol) in a normal season. RSSC also operates a sugar refinery, situated at the Mhlume mill, which produces 170,000 tonnes of refined sugar, and a 32 million-litre capacity ethanol plant, which is situated adjacent to the Simunye mill.