ISouth African Canegrowers Association inxusa uhulumeni ukuthi ayisule ngokuphelele intela kashukela, ithi iphazamisa ukukhula komnotho futhi ibeka izinkulungwane zemisebenzi engcupheni, ikakhulukazi KwaZulu-Natal naseMpumalanga.
Intela kashukela, eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi yi-Health Promotion Levy, yethulwa ngo-2018 ukuze kwehliswe ukusetshenziswa kukashukela futhi kuliwe nezinkinga zezempilo ezifana nokukhuluphala ngokweqile nesifo sikashukela. Kodwa-ke, abalimi bakamoba baphikisa ngokuthi intela yehlulekile ukuletha izinzuzo zezempilo ezilinganisekayo ngenkathi idala umonakalo omkhulu embonini nasezimpilweni zasemakhaya.
U-Higgins Mdluli, omele usoseshini, usamukele isinqumo sikangqongqoshe wezeziMali sokugcina izinga lentela lingashintshile okwamanje, kodwa waxwayisa ngokuthi noma yikuphi ukwenyuka okuzayo kuzobhebhethekisa ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nomnotho emiphakathini ethembele ekulimeni ushukela. Uchaze le ntela ngokuthi “iyacekela phansi” waphinde wakhomba ocwaningweni olukhombisa ukulahleka kwemisebenzi nokuncipha kwemali engenayo.
Inhlanganiso le imile kwelokuthi ukwesulwa komthelo kashukela kuzathuthukisa ukuqatshwa kwabantu emaphandleni njalo kusekele ukuthuthuka komnotho wesikhathi eside.