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Sugar Tax

Why 100% fruit juice should come with a sugar warning label
Health
/ 24 June 2025

Why 100% fruit juice should come with a sugar warning label

Under SA’s latest proposed food labelling regulations, 100% fruit juices won’t have to show a high sugar warning because their sugars are “naturally occurring”

By Zano Kunene
Warning labels are food for thought
Business
/ 2 June 2023

Warning labels are food for thought

The sugar industry says new regulations aimed at combating health problems will hurt profits and jobs, but a civil society coalition strongly disagrees

By Anathi Madubela
Sugar tax on drinks postponed until 2023
Business
/ 4 April 2022

Sugar tax on drinks postponed until 2023

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced a postponement of the sugar tax for 12 months

By Anathi Madubela
The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels
Health
/ 21 September 2021

The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels

The financial and public health cost of diabetes, as well as diabetes-related blindness and kidney failures, is being overlooked, health advocates say

By Adèle Sulcas
Families depend on sugar for life
Opinion
/ 8 June 2021

Families depend on sugar for life

The government and stakeholders will have to work harder to ensure the industry adapts and thrives

By Rex Talmage
Sweeter local sales rescue sugar
Business
/ 12 May 2021

Sweeter local sales rescue sugar

The master plan to rescue the industry means that at least 80% of sugar consumption will come from South African farms and millers

By Sarah Smit
Home sweet home is more than a trite expression
Opinion
/ 29 March 2021

Home sweet home is more than a trite expression

Buying local sugar allows black farmers to sustain their own families and others

By Mbukeni Nyembe
A spoonful of sugar makes taxes go up
Article
/ 21 February 2020

A spoonful of sugar makes taxes go up

NGO Heala is asking for the health-promotion levy to be hiked, while also dismissing claims by the sugar industry that this will cause job losses

By Tshegofatso Mathe
​Research informs legislation to shed obesity
Article
/ 28 November 2019

​Research informs legislation to shed obesity

The sugar tax is helping to reduce obesity and its related diseases in South Africa

By Advertorial Feature
Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my levy
Article
/ 23 November 2018

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my levy

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

By Thalia Holmes
What’s on the cards for 2018?
Article
/ 5 January 2018

What’s on the cards for 2018?

Expect to fork out for budget shortfalls, free education and Eskom, but interest rates, fuel and food could provide some relief

By Lynley Donnelly, Thulebona Mhlanga and Tebogo Tshwane
SA’s sugar industry under assault
Article
/ 22 September 2017

SA’s sugar industry under assault

But health groups say the sector’s enduring woes have nothing to do with the sugar tax

By Lynley Donnelly
Business, labour fight sugar reform
Article
/ 15 June 2017

Business, labour fight sugar reform

They want to weigh up the cost of lost jobs but others say health costs will hurt even more

By Lynley Donnelly
Sugar tax no instant obesity cure
Analysis
/ 21 April 2017

Sugar tax no instant obesity cure

A sedentary lifestyle, too little sleep and poor diet also contribute to an overweight society.

By Staff Reporter
Sugar tax only for the sweetest
Article
/ 24 February 2017

Sugar tax only for the sweetest

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

By Lynley Donnelly
Life without Oros focuses the sugar war
Article
/ 2 February 2017

Life without Oros focuses the sugar war

The threatened loss of a national icon, and the jobs that go with it, illustrates simply why a tax on sweetened drinks is such a divisive issue.

By Phillip De Wet
Bitter exchanges sour sweet talk
Article
/ 27 January 2017

Bitter exchanges sour sweet talk

The fight over the pros and cons of a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened drinks is set to be a sticky one.

By Lynley Donnelly
#Budget2017: A sugar tax can yield a R4bn sweetener for good health
Article
/ 6 October 2016

#Budget2017: A sugar tax can yield a R4bn sweetener for good health

Our obese nation could be slimmed down and help limit chronic diseases such heart attacks, strokes and diabetes.

By Pontsho Pilane
Is the anti-sugar tax lobby taking a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook?
Article
/ 22 September 2016

Is the anti-sugar tax lobby taking a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook?

Major studies have established a link between a high sugar intake and coronary heart disease.

By Ina Skosana
Will sugar tax penalise the poor for their sweet tooth? Both sides get all a-fizz
Article
/ 1 September 2016

Will sugar tax penalise the poor for their sweet tooth? Both sides get all a-fizz

The government and beverage titans are heading for a showdown over sugar tax in soft drinks.

By Staff Reporter
Government’s planned sugar tax needs sweetening in the form of incentives
Article
/ 4 July 2016

Government’s planned sugar tax needs sweetening in the form of incentives

Discovery has weighed in on the debate, saying incentives can encourage healthier consumer choices.

By Lynley Donnelly
Letters to the editor: June 17 to 23 2016
Article
/ 17 June 2016

Letters to the editor: June 17 to 23 2016

Readers write in about othering, sugar tax, local content, and nuclear energy.

By Letters
There’s nothing sweet about a sugar tax
Article
/ 7 June 2016

There’s nothing sweet about a sugar tax

The proposed levy on sweetened beverages is a shaky way of controlling the nation’s obesity and disease rates.

By Mapule Ncanywa
Big business – and people – grow fat on sweetened drinks
Article
/ 31 May 2016

Big business – and people – grow fat on sweetened drinks

The market in developed countries is saturated so the corporates are targeting the developing world.

By Lynley Donnelly

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