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SA takes WTO action against EU's citrus regulations

SA takes WTO action against EU's citrus regulations

16 Apr 2024

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What businesses want: Improved regulation that spurs investment

11 Apr 2024

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

Know your product liability claim facts

Know your product liability claim facts

23 Oct 2020

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 Oct 2020

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

21 Oct 2020

Alcohol supplies cut off to 44 Western Cape traders flouting regulations

Alcohol supplies cut off to 44 Western Cape traders flouting regulations

15 Oct 2020

Sars announces improved trade facilitation measures

Sars announces improved trade facilitation measures

Prenisha Govender 14 Oct 2020

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

13 Oct 2020

McFringement? McDonald's take Hungry Jack's to court over new Big Jack burger

McFringement? McDonald's take Hungry Jack's to court over new Big Jack burger

Jani Cronjé and Jared de Canha 2 Oct 2020

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Merlene Engelbrecht 30 Sep 2020

#DoBizZA: Buy local, drink responsibly to kickstart craft beer recovery

#DoBizZA: Buy local, drink responsibly to kickstart craft beer recovery

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Sep 2020

Philip Morris welcomes CGCSA's new illicit trade hotline

Philip Morris welcomes CGCSA's new illicit trade hotline

22 Sep 2020

Level 1: Alcohol industry concerned about off-consumption restrictions

Level 1: Alcohol industry concerned about off-consumption restrictions

17 Sep 2020

New voluntary levy for winter cereal industry

New voluntary levy for winter cereal industry

17 Sep 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Level 1 is here

17 Sep 2020

Social compact needed to restore SA's restaurant, fast food industries

Social compact needed to restore SA's restaurant, fast food industries

Craig Schwabe 3 Sep 2020

Geographical indications: Are they on the map in South Africa?

Geographical indications: Are they on the map in South Africa?

Nicole Haworth 26 Aug 2020

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Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Masi Mtshali 25 Aug 2020

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Have your say on plastic bag regulations

24 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

21 Aug 2020

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

18 Aug 2020

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

17 Aug 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: SAnews.gov.za

SA moves to Level 2 regulations

17 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

11 Aug 2020

Alcohol, tobacco ban achieves no end other than to fuel illegal activity - PnP chairman

Alcohol, tobacco ban achieves no end other than to fuel illegal activity - PnP chairman

5 Aug 2020

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

4 Aug 2020

Cambridge Food Jozini caught hiking prices of maize meal

Cambridge Food Jozini caught hiking prices of maize meal

4 Aug 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Eric Crosbie and Melissa Mialon 30 Jul 2020

SA alcohol ban inconsistent with global Covid-19 response - industry

SA alcohol ban inconsistent with global Covid-19 response - industry

29 Jul 2020

Food or foe - the real cost of counterfeit consumables

Vashti Nagel 28 Jul 2020

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Know your product liability claim facts

Know your product liability claim facts

23 Oct 2020

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 Oct 2020

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

21 Oct 2020

Alcohol supplies cut off to 44 Western Cape traders flouting regulations

Alcohol supplies cut off to 44 Western Cape traders flouting regulations

15 Oct 2020

Sars announces improved trade facilitation measures

Sars announces improved trade facilitation measures

Prenisha Govender 14 Oct 2020

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

13 Oct 2020

McFringement? McDonald's take Hungry Jack's to court over new Big Jack burger

McFringement? McDonald's take Hungry Jack's to court over new Big Jack burger

Jani Cronjé and Jared de Canha 2 Oct 2020

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Merlene Engelbrecht 30 Sep 2020

#DoBizZA: Buy local, drink responsibly to kickstart craft beer recovery

#DoBizZA: Buy local, drink responsibly to kickstart craft beer recovery

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Sep 2020

Philip Morris welcomes CGCSA's new illicit trade hotline

Philip Morris welcomes CGCSA's new illicit trade hotline

22 Sep 2020

Level 1: Alcohol industry concerned about off-consumption restrictions

Level 1: Alcohol industry concerned about off-consumption restrictions

17 Sep 2020

New voluntary levy for winter cereal industry

New voluntary levy for winter cereal industry

17 Sep 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Level 1 is here

17 Sep 2020

Social compact needed to restore SA's restaurant, fast food industries

Social compact needed to restore SA's restaurant, fast food industries

Craig Schwabe 3 Sep 2020

Geographical indications: Are they on the map in South Africa?

Geographical indications: Are they on the map in South Africa?

Nicole Haworth 26 Aug 2020

Image: Anna Shvets -

Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Masi Mtshali 25 Aug 2020

Photo by Anna Shvets from

Have your say on plastic bag regulations

24 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

Alcohol industry to invest R150m in alcohol harm-reduction programmes

21 Aug 2020

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

Beer Association relieved to reopen trade after wave of bankruptcies

18 Aug 2020

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

Industry welcomes lifting of alcohol ban, will avail resources to fight Covid-19

17 Aug 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: SAnews.gov.za

SA moves to Level 2 regulations

17 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

11 Aug 2020

Alcohol, tobacco ban achieves no end other than to fuel illegal activity - PnP chairman

Alcohol, tobacco ban achieves no end other than to fuel illegal activity - PnP chairman

5 Aug 2020

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

4 Aug 2020

Cambridge Food Jozini caught hiking prices of maize meal

Cambridge Food Jozini caught hiking prices of maize meal

4 Aug 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Eric Crosbie and Melissa Mialon 30 Jul 2020

SA alcohol ban inconsistent with global Covid-19 response - industry

SA alcohol ban inconsistent with global Covid-19 response - industry

29 Jul 2020

Food or foe - the real cost of counterfeit consumables

Vashti Nagel 28 Jul 2020

Tavern Relief Programme aims to raise R100m support package

Tavern Relief Programme aims to raise R100m support package

27 Jul 2020

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

22 Jul 2020

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

22 Jul 2020

Draft regulations place greater responsibility on producers of lighting, electronic, paper and packaging products

Draft regulations place greater responsibility on producers of lighting, electronic, paper and packaging products

Francois Joubert and Julia Rushton 21 Jul 2020

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

Alcohol industry applies for deferment of R5bn in excise tax

20 Jul 2020

SA alcohol industry requests data informing renewed ban

SA alcohol industry requests data informing renewed ban

17 Jul 2020

Report examines food price drivers and discrepancies during pandemic

Report examines food price drivers and discrepancies during pandemic

17 Jul 2020

Bernard Sacks, tax partner, Mazars

Alcohol and tobacco ban already devastating Treasury's coffers

Bernard Sacks 16 Jul 2020

Liquor orders in limbo

Liquor orders in limbo

16 Jul 2020

Alcohol ban may spell disaster for industry as job losses loom

Alcohol ban may spell disaster for industry as job losses loom

13 Jul 2020

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Agreements reached on Covid-19 excessive pricing

10 Jul 2020

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