The NCT Story

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TITLE The NCT Story

AUTHORS Tony Farrow Ingrid Ferguson

CONCEPT AND DESIGN Equinym Publishing (Pty) Ltd Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

COPYRIGHT RESERVED All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Although the greatest care has been taken in the compilation of the entire contents, the publishers do not accept responsibility for errors or omissions. Whilst we believe that permission for reproduction of all material in this book has been properly dealt with, there are a few illustrations whose copyright ownership is unclear. If reproduction rights are claimed to any of these, the publishers will be pleased to correspond with the claimant and make any arrangement which may prove appropriate. TERMS OF REFERENCE To obviate an impedance of the natural flow of language, terms have been simplified wherever possible. This is particularly so in the use and spelling of the words “ton” and “tonnes” – “ton” being in use prior to metrication in South Africa in 1961 and “tonnes” thereafter. REPRODUCTION Multigraphics CC – Pinetown, South Africa PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING Interpak – Pietermaritzburg, South Africa TYPESETTING Set in: Stone Serif 11pt on 15 Headlines: Stone Serif Bold 25pt Captions: Stone Serif Italic 9pt on 10.8 Printed on Magno Matt 170gsm

NCT’s sphere of influence by 1999 The members’ plantations cover a vast 200 000 hectares.

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ISBN 0-620-24928-5 First Edition Copyright NCT © October 1999

The NCT Story

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