Mhlume is a town located in the Lubombo

Lubombo

Lubombo is a district of Swaziland, located in the east of the country. It has an area of 5,947 km² and a population of 202,000 . Its administrative center is Siteki. It borders all three other districts: Hhohho to the north, Manzini to the west, and Shiselweni to the south...

 district of Swaziland

Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

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Mhlume has a population of around 1000. It is well known for its large sugar cane fields in the area. It also has a sugar refinery

Sugar refinery

A sugar refinery is a factory which refines raw sugar.Many cane sugar mills produce raw sugar, i.e. sugar with more colour and therefore more impurities than the white sugar which is normally consumed in households and used as an ingredient in soft drinks, cookies and so forth...

 called Mhlume (Swaziland) Sugar Company.
Mhlume Sugar Company acquires sugar cane from out-growers in the surrounding area during the harvesting season. The Mill is managed on behalf of the Swazi Nation in part by personnel and management of the Commonwealth Development Corporation

Commonwealth Development Corporation

The Commonwealth Development Corporation, now known as CDC Group plc, is a British development organisation owned by the UK Government...

based in London