Website and race body in bitter clash on submission against sugar tax
07 December 2016 - 13:54
A row has erupted between the Institute of Race Relations and Naspers’s Fin24 website over a report that Coca-Cola was among sponsors of a submission to Treasury arguing against the proposed sugar tax. The institute did not deny Fin24’s claim that its report "A stealth tax, not a health tax" was partly funded by Coca-Cola, but argued this did not effect its conclusions.
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