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High consumption of sugary drinks is associated with risks such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. (Toby Talbot/Associated Press)

Our advertising regulator is funded by the food and beverage industry. Should it be allowed to block public health messaging?

A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar

PepsiCo South Africa doubles local production

South Africa is one of the largest operational regions for the US food and beverage giant

Monster problem: Companies producing sugary drinks have decreased the sugar content as a result of a sugar tax. But the same cannot be said about energy drinks. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Energy drinks flourish amid health fears

The market in South Africa had an annual growth rate of 26.89% from 2013 to 2018

(Paul Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Pepsi’s Pioneer acquisition is not healthy

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

Only 9% of plastics is recycled once and less than 1% is recycled twice

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

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

PepsiCo offer boosts Pioneer’s share price

PepsiCo offer boosts Pioneer’s share price

The proposed tie up will enable Pioneer to expand its leading brands and access greater capital to invest in local agriculture and people

Forget crypto, pot is the hot new thing. (Michael Kooren/Reuters)

Investors eye the volatile pot bubble

South Africa has by, many accounts, a natural zol endowment that can make the country a world leader

Close to majority of unions sign public sector wage deal

Chips are down at Simba as workers prepare to strike

The company has allegedly colluded with labour-broking company Adcorp Blu to evade the requirements of section 198 of the Labour Relations Act

Take Five: HIV grinds porn industry to a halt

From HIV-infected porn actors to McDonald’s meals that never seem to rot, <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> wraps up the week.

Olympic sponsors steeled for ambush

Multinationals have paid a king’s ransom for their right to sponsor the Olympics and they are scanning the horizon for ambushes as they drive the marketing bandwagon towards…

It’s still a man’s world at the Davos forum

Women may be smashing glass ceilings on Wall Street, but a walk down the corridors of the World Economic Forum would have you fooled. Organisers say female delegates make up 17%…