Canegrowers ask Treasury for proof that sugar tax cuts obesity

SA sugarcane growers are again calling for the health promotion levy to be scrapped, this time pointing out that the Treasury missed a deadline to supply them with information on whether the tax is helping to reduce obesity.

The health promotion levy, or sugar tax, was proposed in 2016 by Wits academics who suggested that paying an added 20% of the price of a sugar-sweetened beverage would help reduce obesity...

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