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To save rural communities from junk food, raise awareness and the sugar tax, says health group

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In rural areas, unhealthy food is cheap and accessible while awareness about the dangers is low. That’s why the Healthy Living Alliance is kicking off a campaign in communities and lobbying government for a sugar tax increase.

Mogale Mojela
March 17, 2021

Sugary drinks need higher tax, say activists

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Civil society organisations gathered outside Parliament in Cape Town to demand an increase in the Health Promotion Levy from 11% to 20%, but their demands fell on deaf ears.

jamesthabo
February 27, 2020

HEALA calls for 20% tax on sugary drinks

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The alliance has been encouraged by public support on proposals for an increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL)

Marcia Moyana
February 11, 2020

Sugar Tax: How corporates lied to National Treasury

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Sugar-sweetened beverage producers submitted evidence that was out of context and exaggerated in their appeal against South Africa’s proposed new sugar levy, research has found.

Nelisiwe Msomi and Nelisiwe Msomi
September 30, 2019

Sugary drinks: The tax, declining sales & new research

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What will it take for South Africans to stop drinking sugar-added beverages which are proven to be bad for their health? Emerging financial data points to the sugary drinks tax.

Health-e News
July 15, 2019

Coca-Cola reformulates drinks to cut sugar

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According to the beverage manufacturer, more South Africans are choosing its no- and low-calorie range but declined to reveal sales figures.

lightspeed
May 23, 2019

Easter: How much chocolate is too much?

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It’s Easter time and children (and adults) are gearing up for an Easter egg hunt, but how much chocolate is too much and what constitutes a sugar binge versus a treat?

Bernadette Maguire
April 18, 2019

Sugary drinks tax turns one — amid opposition

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The tax on sugary drinks has raised almost R3 billion. Coca-Cola says it has reduced the sugar levels of its drinks range by more than a quarter, irritating those who said the levy wouldn’t cut sugar consumption. But is the profit being used for health promotion? Could political parties rally against it after the election?

Pontsho Pilane and Pontsho Pilane
April 1, 2019

Sugary drinks tax turns one — amid opposition

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Pontsho Pilane
April 1, 2019

Sugar industry job loss claims are premature – Treasury

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It is premature for the sugar industry to claim that the sugary drinks tax is causing job losses, according to Treasury.

Amy Green
March 27, 2019

Sugar industry job loss claims are premature – Treasury

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It is premature for the sugar industry to claim that the sugary drinks tax is causing job losses, according to Treasury.

Amy Green
March 27, 2019

‘Soda taxes work’

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Sugary drink consumption has been slashed by more than half, three years after the city of Berkeley introduced a levy on these products.

Amy Green
February 26, 2019

‘Soda taxes work’

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Sugary drink consumption has been slashed by more than half, three years after the city of Berkeley introduced a levy on these products.

Amy Green
February 26, 2019

SA’s obesity caused by big business not greedy people

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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.

Amy Green
January 29, 2019

Coca-Cola called out for advertising to kids at protest

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Coca-Cola was called on to keep its promise to remove its advertising in schools during a picket at the beverage manufacturer’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday [October 2016].

Amy Green
October 17, 2018

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