Sin Taxes
latest news & developments
World Cup host Qatar to introduce 100% booze tax
The issue of alcohol is likely to be a sensitive subject in the run-up to the World Cup in four years’ time
Letters to the editor: June 17 to 23 2016
Readers write in about othering, sugar tax, local content, and nuclear energy.
How much does a braai really cost?
Calculating the price of South Africa’s favourite pastime is a bit of a shocker when you add up the duty taxes on chicken, wheat, alcohol and steel.
Sin taxes: Prepare to pay more for cigarettes and booze
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced that taxes on wine, beer, spirits and cigarettes would continue to rise above the rate of inflation.