Sugar industry wants delay on increasing tax crippling the sector

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The sector says the health promotion tax introduced in 2018 has hurt sugar producers and cost jobs

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.South Africa’s struggling sugar sector is pleading with the government to hold off increasing a health promotion tax on the industry until 2030, when a master plan vital to its recovery and long-term sustainability will be finalised.

According to Sasa, the tax cost the industry more than R2 billion and resulted in the loss of 16 000 jobs in its first year of implementation. The association estimates a loss of R720 million a year if the freeze on increasing the tax falls away.

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