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WHO calls for stronger taxes on sugar and alcohol while South Africa lags behind

Yesterday at 16:12 PM, via Daily Maverick

The World Health Organization is urging governments around the world to strengthen health taxes on sugar and alcohol, to save lives and raise money. It says improving policy design and increasing taxes so that sugary drinks become less affordable ‘should be pursued more systematically by countries’.

Godongwana lost South Africa’s social grant fight

Yesterday at 16:03 PM, via Daily Investor

The National Treasury previously said any extension of the SRD grant would need to be funded by a new revenue source, but it appears this is no longer an option.

BHEKISISA: Decoding Big Tobacco’s lobbying and policy manipulation in SA

Yesterday at 16:03 PM, via Daily Maverick

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We talked to tobacco economics expert Corné van Walbeek to unravel fact from industry fiction.

South African hotel empire on the mend

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via Daily Investor

South African hospitality giant City Lodge Hotels reported a mixed bag for the first half of its 2026 financial year, with a decline in profit alongside its highest occupancy rate since pre-Covid-19.

Emergency at water supplier to South Africa’s richest province

Yesterday at 15:42 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s government gave the continent’s biggest bulk-water supplier an urgent license to take more water from a key river system that feeds its richest province to help stabilize supplies amid shortages. 

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