SA's largest sugar producer says its lenders have not agreed to extend borrowing facilities that would have made a restructuring plan possible, and it is entering bankruptcy protection, though its Botswana, Zimbabwean and Mozambican operations aren't distressed.
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Lenders have told the 130-year-old sugar producer that they are unable to support its restructuring plan or to provide the additional funding required, calling in the debt.