The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation Limited (RSSC), located in the north-eastern lowveld, is one of the largest companies in Swaziland, employing in excess of 3,000 people (including seasonal workers) and producing two-thirds of the country’s sugar. TsbSI holds a 27.42% stake in RSSC.

Listed on the Swaziland Stock Exchange, the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (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 26.2%. Other shareholders include the Swaziland Government, the Nigerian Government, the Coca Cola Export Corporation Limited and Booker Tate Limited.

Agriculture
RSSC manages some 15 000 hectares of irrigated sugar cane on two estates leased from the Swazi Nation and manages a further 5 000 hectares on behalf of third parties, delivering some 2 million tonnes of cane per season to the Group’s two sugar mills, Simunye and Mhlume.  A significant volume of sugar cane is also sourced from a large number of independent farmers.  From some 11 300 hectares, they produce over 1.2 million tonnes of cane and supply over 52% of the Mhlume mill’s total cane and 25% of the Simunye mill’s total cane.  By March 2008, around 3 100 hectares of cane land had been developed by smallholder farmers in the Komati Basin, under the auspices of the Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (Proprietary) Limited (SWADE). 

Production
In total RSSC crushes over 3.2 million tonnes of cane per year at a combined throughput of 740 tonnes cane per hour and produces some 450 000 tonnes of sugar (96o Pol).  RSSC also operates a sugar refinery at the Mhlume mill, which produces approximately 150 000  tonnes of refined sugar per season, and a 32 million litre capacity ethanol plant, situated adjacent to the Simunye mill producing industrial grade ethanol and potable spirit from all of the molasses at Mhlume and Simunye. 

MSP
In 2005 Mananga Sugar Packers, a joint venture between RSSC and Tsb Sugar was established at Mhlume mill to pack and sell sugar within the region.  

Related Infrastructure
RSSC provides and manages housing and all related infrastructure for its employees and their dependants, in the estates’ various towns and villages.  Apart from the Group’s direct employees, a further 20 000 people live on the estates. 
The Group provides health care at two site-based clinics, centrally managed by a Medical Services Manager, and the emphasis is on primary health care and the prevention of diseases. 

First class primary education is provided at a private English medium school - Thembelisha Preparatory School.  The Group is also a founder member and a major stakeholder in Mananga College, a private high school established to improve the availability of first class education facilities in the lowveld.  There are a further seven Government owned schools on the estates - four primary schools and three high schools - to which the Group provides substantial support.

A wide range of recreational facilities are provided through two RSSC owned country clubs and the Group also provides sponsorship for cultural and sporting activities, including sponsorship for the RSSC Football Club.

Safety and Health Environment
A well-established Safety, Health and Environmental policy aims to provide ideal working conditions, safeguarding all those affected by the operations of RSSC and ensuring the maintenance of a clean and healthy environment.

HIV/AIDS
RSSC has recognised HIV/AIDS as a strategic business issue and is managing it at the highest level in the organisation.  This is facilitated through the HIV/AIDS Tripartite Committee in which Management, the Union and the Staff Association are represented.  The two Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centres, which were established jointly with the National Emergency Response Council on HIV /AIDS (NERCHA) in 2003 at Mhlume and Simunye estates, have continued to operate successfully.  The free Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART), which became available for employees towards the end of 2004 through NERCHA from the Global Fund, continues to be accessible