Sugar crisis
Sugar crisis: Minister Godongwana must scrap the sugar tax for the Masterplan to succeed
Ahead of Minister Godongwana delivering his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tomorrow, 11 November 2021, SA Canegrowers calls on him to scrap the Health Promotion Levy (HPL or sugar tax). Minister Godongwana will be delivering his MTPBS against the context of record levels of unemployment in the country. [...]
Sugar crisis: SA Canegrowers Association calls for decrease to sugar tax to save local industry recovery
As Minister Mboweni prepares to deliver his Budget Speech on Wednesday, 24 February 2021 in an economy with record unemployment, the South African Cane Growers Association (SA Canegrowers) call for an immediate decrease to the health promotion levy (HPL) or sugar tax to save the recovery of the local[...]