THE HISTORY OF THE GROUP
1935 Founding of the Group as Rhodesia Sugar Refinery
1947 Listing of the Group on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
1956 Launch of Harare Refinery
1974 Acquisition of the Wholesale Division
1978 Formation of Country Choice Foods to focus on production of sugar speciality products
1979 Acquisition of Polyfilm Plastics
1986 Re-branding of the Wholesale Division to Red Star Wholesalers
1991 Acquisition of Arthur Garden Engineering
1992 Formation of Bluestar Transport
1994 Acquisition of Sugar Industries in Botswana (Pvty) LTD
1995 Acquisition of Highfield Bag
1996 Acquisition of Marathon Retreads (now Marathon Tyres)
2002 Tate & Lyle PLC of the United Kingdom divested its interest in Zimbabwe, through a Management Buy Out (MBO) resulting in localisation of ZSR Corporation Limited
2003 Acquisition of Advance Wholesalers (Bulawayo)
2004 ZSR Transport opened in Johannesburg, South Africa
2006 Separate listing of Red Star Holdings Limited on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
2006 Acquisition of R. Chitrin & Co
2006 Acquisition of West Beverages
2006 Re-branding of ZSR Corporation to Starafrica Corporation limited
2016 Disposal of Bluestar Logistics