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Alcohol causes many social problems, requiring the revival of the Liquor Amendment Bill.
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Profits before people: How the liquor industry undermines reforms

The Liquor Amendment Bill needs to be revived to tackle the social problems created by alcohol

  • Phindile Kunene
6 min read
Haulage truck trailers and pallets near the Heineken NV brewery in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands. Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Heineken buying Distell will allow for its diversification in the wake of waning beer sales

Heineken set to brew up local market

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Valdene Reddy, director of capital markets, SAB; Andrew Murray, vice-president finance, SAB; Kenneth Seema, worker leader (NEF deputy chair), FAWU JSE representative; Zoleka Lisa, vice-president corporate affairs, SAB; Richard Rivett-Carnac, director M&A and treasury, SAB; and Leila Fourie, chief executive, JSE, at the JSE on February 17 2020.
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SAB Zenzele Kabili B-BBEE share scheme

New scheme to be launched following the biggest B-BBEE FMCG payout in South Africa’s history

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
The Belgium-based company produces a third of the world’s beer
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Africa firmly in AB InBev’s crosshairs

The behemoth brewer has grown almost as much as it can but one continent remains untapped

  • Yolandi Groenewald
6 min read
AB InBev has signalled that it intends to build on SABMiller’s strong presence in Africa
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InBev gives JSE an excuse to party

The new listing by Anheuser-Busch InBev could add 25% to the exchange’s market capitalisation.

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
‘The truth however is that Global Citizen has always operated through local partnerships,’ writes Kweku Mandela
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SA beer bosses bag big barrels of bucks

The potential benefits for top management, this time SABMiller execs, once again raise issues of pay inequality in the corporate world.

  • Lynley Donnelly
4 min read
Cheers! It is estimated the beer market in China will grow by more than 50% to 279.7-billion yuan by 2019.
AB INBEV

The beer-all and end-all of mergers still has some way to go

But AB Inbev is so confident the SABMiller deal will fly, it’s ready to fork out $3-billion in the event it falls through.

  • Lynley Donnelly
  • Staff Reporter
12 min read
Beer produced by SAB Miller.
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AB InBev buys SABMiller for $104bn to create world’s biggest brewer

Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy SABMiller, clinching a record industry deal that brings one of every three beers sold worldwide under a single company.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read