date:Oct 19, 2016
Pure fruit juice may be added to the list of drinks expected to face a levy under a proposed tax on sugary drinks, South Africa's Treasury has said.
Reuters reports that in his budget speech in February, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan proposed the tax on sugary drinks to be implemented in April next year, aimed at fighting growing obesity in the continent's most lucrative market for Coca-Cola.
Health campaigners have welcomed the tax, citing obesity in South Africa, where 42 percent of women a