Latest articles on Coca Cola

Pepsi’s Pioneer acquisition is not healthy

Article Safura Abdool Karim - 27 Feb 2020

The move may provide a short-term economic boost, but it also has long-term health costs

A handful of multinational corporations is responsible for the world’s plastic waste

Article Agency - 23 Oct 2019

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle were responsible for the most pieces of plastic collected according to an environmental pressure group

Each breath is killing you

Article Sipho Kings - 5 Jun 2019

Each breath you take means more toxic pollutants are sucked deep down into your lungs. In our metros, that pollution is ubiquitous

Digging up the graves of Gukurahundi graves – and burying the evidence

Africa Thandekile Moyo - 10 May 2019

Exhumations of Gukurahundi graves risk destroying vital clues about the extent of the massacre and who was responsible

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my levy

Article Thalia Holmes - 23 Nov 2018

Treasury is coining it as South Africans continue to shell out for their favourite sugary drinks

South Africa’s reputation leaders

Article Cayleigh Bright - 28 Sep 2018

Mr Price had a significant rise, while Tiger Brands had a phenomenal drop

Letters to the Editor: August 31 to September 6

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Aug 2018

Our readers write in about amnesty for students, deadbeat dads and Coca-Cola

Sugar tariff hike satisfies no one

Article Lynley Donnelly - 9 Aug 2018

The increase is less than local producers wanted, while companies say it entrenches inefficiencies

Give us our daily bread

Article Bongekile Macupe - 19 Dec 2017

'Our hope is that President Zuma or Nkosazana Zuma will be the one who will intervene in this matter'

Sugar tax only for the sweetest

Article Lynley Donnelly - 24 Feb 2017

A can of Coke will soon cost 46c more but will help reduce the national health bill and raise revenue

Disgruntled drivers want to put brakes on Coke merger

Article Athandiwe Saba - 11 Mar 2016

A group of owner-drivers for SABMiller’s ABI subsidiary want the Competition Tribunal to block a major restructuring of local Coca-Cola operations.

Tax on soft drinks could benefit obese SA

Article Lynley Donnelly - 4 Feb 2016

The tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is not a silver bullet but it could cut the health bill and add to government coffers.

Bottling merger worries smaller beverage firms

Article Thalia Holmes - 28 Jan 2016

Smaller firms are concerned that SABMiller’s merger with a Coca-Cola division to form CCBSA may freeze them out of shelf space at retailers.

Coke cash sours obesity science

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2015

A funding scandal about obesity highlights the tightrope that cash-starved researchers must walk.

Social media takes the sweet fizz out of Coca-Cola sales

Article Thalia Holmes - 20 Feb 2014

Social media has caused weighty struggles for Coca-Cola, the world's most famous beverages company.

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