A Brief history of the Glendale Sugar Mill

A Brief History of the Glendale Sugar
Mill
By
NR Kandasamy
1985
I
OONTENTS
PAGE
I
'Introdu.ction
I
~e Ear1iest Sett1ers At G1enda1e 3
'~e Introduction Of Su.e;a.r Cane
,'!he Seoond owner Of The G1endal.e
·;.Under Indian Oontro1 10verseas British Ta.keover SUgar
Estate'
4
5
IO 10 ;R1stert Of Traasport The .lI'arII.ers
ilar1T :rarmers
II
12
:Lease Farmine;
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,lw& Zulu Developaent
lrObleas of, the Paraers
12
14
16
'.I!he W.rkers
20
,Conclusi.n
21
Appendioes
Source List
29
Page 15.
They also showed undoubted jealousy at the intrusion of Europeans but when they saw
their lands were not being unduly encroached upon, and that the settlers wou1 d
'not interfere with them .they were tempted from idleness to da l1y toi 1.
Small
farmers could not afford a stable labour force because they could not provide
adequate accomodation and they consequently rely upon casual workers whom
they hi re on a eta i'l'y bas is.
~lenda1e's climate also poses a lot of prob1ems\for the farmers.
and sometimes frost affect the crops.
Drought, floods
During heavy rains and floods the fields
become 'waterlogged' and impassable for days.
One of the farmer's greatest
enemies is drought, the severest of which were during the 1980/81 and 1983/84
seasons.
During the 1980/81 season Glendale and Zu1u1and were the hardest hit .
Many farners left to seek a 1terna te employment.
•
One newspaper wrote: Sugar cane
farmers of Natal are facing an estimated R25 million loss a year for the next
seven years and now an exodus has started with thousands of people out of jobs
~,
'moving into the cities because of the drought.'100ne farmer said
liThe 1eve 1 of
. the river is so low and the drought has already taken a heavy toll.
We don't
have much chance because payments have to be made on bonds, capital expenditure
,and equipment,only the government can help us with financial support.II:U
Government Land Bank Loans and the Financial Aid Funds of the sugar industry
have helped farmers get back on their feet.
During 1984 the farmers were IIreeling under the financial strain of the drought
and the recent Cyclone Demoina
which aggravated the situation and they were
therefore unable to repay the land loans. II
~2
tis~;e and pests also contribute to the farmer's problem.
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Post: Drought forces farmers into cities,
1:bid·
Sunday Tribune, 12 February 1984.
31'May 1980.
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