OPEN LETTER Petition to SA ministers of finance and health — don’t hike VAT, raise tax on harmful products 3 min 6 By Health Professionals
BOOZE LEVY OP-ED Government’s review of alcohol taxes a good start to help save public health system 5 min 4 By Russell Rensburg and Kenneth Jacobs
WORLD DIABETES DAY OP-ED Sugar-sweetened beverages fuel South Africa's diabetes crisis: a call for health policy reform 4 min 0 By Evelyn Thsehla
HEALTHY LIVING OP-ED 'Sugar tax' a huge success in curbing sugar consumption and promoting public wellness 3 min 8 By Nzama Mbalati
Maverick Citizen Balancing act: Will South Africa’s sugar tax survive amid industry pressure and health concerns? 7 min 3 By Joan van Dyk
BITTER TASTE Sugarcane growers stand by claims of job losses linked to sugar tax 4 min 2 By Georgina Crouth
LEGAL FIZZ Coca-Cola Beverages SA wins Concourt appeal against Competition Commission over retrenchments 3 min 1 By Georgina Crouth
GROUNDUP 2024 elections — where South Africa's leading political parties stand on heightened sugar tax prospect 3 min 0 By GroundUp Staff
THE CONVERSATION What is sugar and what would happen if I stopped eating it? A scientist explains 3 min 2 By Grace Marie Jones
SWEET NOTHINGS OP-ED SA’s future sugar tax plans could potentially be penned by its dominant sugar industry 6 min 1 By Joan van Dyk
THE CONVERSATION Diabetes is South Africa’s second-biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help 5 min 7 By Karen Hofman and Susan Goldstein
REVENUE SWEETENER OP-ED An increase in the sugar tax will boost SA’s ailing economy 4 min 2 By Nzama Mbalati
SUGAR TAX OP-ED We need to look at the sugar tax and sustainable aviation fuels on their own merits 4 min 0 By Thomas Funke
ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS OP-ED South Africa can show BRICS leadership with a new sugar approach 4 min 3 By Nzama Mbalati
SPOTLIGHT ANALYSIS Taking a spoon to a knife fight – is South Africa ready for rising obesity rates? 15 min 0 By Amy Green for Spotlight
BITTER SWEET WHO revises guidelines as hazards of non-sugar sweeteners come under scrutiny 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
RIGHT TO HEALTH Business as usual: Multinationals take massive profits at the expense of millions of lives 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
BUDGET 2023 Putting sugar tax on hold shows disregard for health of citizens – healthy-living activists 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
BUDGET 2023 Sugar industry thrown a sweetener, but sobering news for sin taxes 5 min 1 By Georgina Crouth
LEVY PROPOSALS Sugar industry calls for freeze on sugar tax, asks government for a sweeter deal 4 min 1 By Neesa Moodley
