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Government eyes sugar sector exemption to boost local supply

Agribusiness

Government eyes sugar sector exemption to boost local supply

20 May 2025

Healthcare

Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa

Susan Goldstein 4 Apr 2025

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Agribusiness

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Paul Makube 13 Mar 2025

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Tax Law

How VAT registration delays are costing the economy and what Sars should do about it

Yasmeen Suliman 13 Feb 2025

Source: Rufino Uribe via

Agro-processing

SA’s sugarcane output drops by 10% amid drier conditions

12 Nov 2024

Healthcare

Is the sugar industry lying to us?

16 Oct 2024

Empowering South Africa: The sweet impact of choosing local sugar

Agriculture

Empowering South Africa: The sweet impact of choosing local sugar

Higgins Mdluli 5 Sep 2024

Healthcare

Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about a sugar tax

19 Apr 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

#BudgetSpeech2024: Heala condemns Finance Minister's failure to increase Health Promotion Levy

22 Feb 2024

SA sugar industry surpasses R1bn transformation investment target

Agro-processing

SA sugar industry surpasses R1bn transformation investment target

1 Feb 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

South Africa's sugar cane industry supports thousands of households. Source: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz/Pexels

Agriculture

Sugar tax hike threatens to cripple industry, says SA Canegrowers

31 Aug 2023

Nutrition

Cracking down on obesity in South Africa

Katja Hamilton 19 Apr 2023

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Retail

#Budget2023: Mostly positive but some disappointment - Consumer Goods Council

24 Feb 2023

#Budget2023: Inflation-linked sin tax increases

FMCG

#Budget2023: Inflation-linked sin tax increases

22 Feb 2023

President Cyril Rampahosa. Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Retail

'Dismayed' by energy crisis, retail and consumer goods CEOs pen letter to Ramaphosa

8 Feb 2023

Load shedding could cost sugar industry more than R723m

Agro-processing

Load shedding could cost sugar industry more than R723m

30 Jan 2023

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Tax Law

Treasury promulgates tax laws

18 Jan 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

Have your say on Treasury, Sars draft Bills

1 Aug 2022

SA Canegrowers expands support to small-scale growers

Agro-processing

SA Canegrowers expands support to small-scale growers

13 Jun 2022

Source: burak kebapci via

Agriculture

Electricity tariff hike another blow to SA agri sector

25 Feb 2022

SA Canegrowers calls for sugar tax to be scrapped

Agro-processing

SA Canegrowers calls for sugar tax to be scrapped

10 Nov 2021

Will innovation bring the fizz back to SA's carbonated soft drinks industry?

Research

Will innovation bring the fizz back to SA's carbonated soft drinks industry?

Issued by Insight Survey 3 May 2021

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Taxation & Regulation

New research shows South Africa's levy on sugar-sweetened drinks is having an impact

Karen Hofman 12 Apr 2021

Buy local 'Home Sweet Home' campaign launched in Gauteng

Agro-processing

Buy local 'Home Sweet Home' campaign launched in Gauteng

8 Jan 2021

Rufino Uribe via

Agro-processing

Sugar masterplan signing welcomed by industry stakeholders

20 Nov 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

FMCG

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Eric Crosbie and Melissa Mialon 30 Jul 2020

Sugar tax leaves a bitter taste for the beverage sector

Research

Sugar tax leaves a bitter taste for the beverage sector

Marilyn Nel and Khathu Musingadi, Issued by BMi Research 27 May 2019

Agro-processing

Unfair import competition and sugar tax likely to lead to job losses

Gilberto Biacuana 26 Mar 2019

Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play

Noncommunicable diseases

Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play

Elly Irving 25 Feb 2019

Policies needed for food security and nutrition

Food Security

Policies needed for food security and nutrition

David Neves 24 Oct 2018

Tertius Troost, tax consultant at Mazars

Noncommunicable diseases

The not-so-sweet consequences of sugar tax

3 May 2018

FMCG

Coca-Cola indicates beverage price increase as sugar levy comes into effect

29 Mar 2018

Sars to hold sugar tax roadshows in March

Tax Law

Sars to hold sugar tax roadshows in March

13 Feb 2018

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Noncommunicable diseases

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Deborah Minors 18 Jan 2018

Sugar tax effect smaller than thought - Pioneer

FMCG

Sugar tax effect smaller than thought - Pioneer

22 Dec 2017

National Assembly approves sugar tax

Tax Law

National Assembly approves sugar tax

22 Nov 2017

Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament

Taxation & Regulation

Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament

Linda Ensor 10 Nov 2017

Treasury opts to defer sugar tax implementation

Taxation & Regulation

Treasury opts to defer sugar tax implementation

6 Sep 2017

Treasury rejects claims of calamitous job losses from sugar tax

Taxation & Regulation

Treasury rejects claims of calamitous job losses from sugar tax

Linda Ensor 22 Jun 2017

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

Public Health

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

4 Apr 2017