Sugar tax: 10 reasons why the job losses argument doesn’t stick
Amid job losses claims, experts speculate why the levy may not result in job cuts.
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Sugar industry job loss claims are premature – Treasury
It is premature for the sugar industry to claim that the sugary drinks tax is causing job losses, according to Treasury.
Sugar industry job loss claims are premature – Treasury
It is premature for the sugar industry to claim that the sugary drinks tax is causing job losses, according to Treasury.
South Africans support Health Promotion Levy after successful mass media campaign
Public backing for government interventions to combat South Africa’s obesity epidemic increased significantly during the period where a national mass media campaign aired, according to Healthy Living Alliance, Health-e News Service, Vital Strategies and other organisations spearheading the campaign.
Smoking policies save lives
As many as 7.4 million premature deaths will have be prevented by 2050 thanks to tobacco control measures put in place in 41 countries between 2007 and 2010, according to new research published in the Bulletin of the World Health…
Small job losses if sugar content cut – Treasury
If the beverage industry reduces the sugar content of 37% of its products, the proposed sugary drinks tax could result in around 1,475 job losses.
SA’s obesity caused by big business not greedy people
Malnutrition, which includes both obesity and undernutrition, is the leading cause of poor health around the world, and the culprits for the costly obesity epidemic aren’t individual couch potatoes. Instead, governments have failed to curb ‘big food’ placing everybody’s health at stake, according to a major report.
SA’s first health tax – but will it work?
Over the Easter weekend, South Africa became the first African country to impose an excise tax on sugary drinks, a move that has been welcomed by health experts but condemned as ‘nanny-ish’ by free marketeers.
Ramaphosa announces Zweli Mkhize as the next health minister
Aaron Motsoaledi leaves the department after ten years, with the last few years marred by some of the biggest failures in public health.
Politicians aid industry in dirty war over sugar tax
For over 18 months, the sugar and beverage industries have had the help of politicians to wage war against a proposed tax on sugary drinks in a microcosm of all that is rotten in this country. But the fight is not yet over.
Parliament finally ready to vote on sugary drinks tax
The tax on sugary drinks will finally go before Parliament to be voted on within the next few weeks after more than a year of intense consultation.
Obesity, stunting on the rise among SA’s children
Many South African households are unable to feed their children nutritious food which has seen a rise in the number of kids living with obesity or stunted growth. Angelika Grimbeek, Nutrition Programme Manager at HEALA, said malnutrition and the availability…
NHI gets cash but detail is vague
BUDGET: R4,2-billion has been allocated the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to be spent over the three years – but exactly how the NHI will work remains vague
Myth-busting the new sugar tax
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the sugar tax which was officially implemented on April 1. The tax, equivalent to a levy of about 11 percent on can of coke, is aimed at tackling South Africa’s obesity epidemic and the diseases associated with it. Health-e News busted five common myths.
Industry threatens MP over sugar tax
The chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance revealed in the National Assembly yesterday that he had received threats from industry-linked people to drop the tax on sugary drinks.