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Made from plants: Products that look, taste and feel like meat include smoky bacon and biltong. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

There’s a place for the herbivore at the braai

There may not be a lot of South African vegans, but it seems many still want a taste of the plant-based life

When the Trump administration formally reinstated the gag rule

Last straw for McDonald’s, Burger King and others in Mumbai plastic ban

The new ban, in force since Saturday, prohibits the use of disposable plastic items such as bags, cutlery, cups and bottles under a certain size

Slice of the action: Pizza Hut is embarking on an aggressive push to conquer the African market.

Taste-testing Ethiopia’s first Pizza Hut

The chain is making inroads in Addis Ababa, but will it stand the test of time?

McDonald’s to Bugaboo gain from South Africa’s black middle class

The middle class continues to grow, and could well become the saviour of the South African economy.

Anonymous hackers ‘take over’ Burger King’s Twitter account

Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked apparently by hackers from Anonymous who took it over and rebranded it with rival McDonald’s logo and name.

A tasty little present for men: Burger King body spray

Still can’t think what to get him for Christmas? Socks don’t seem to cut it any more? Fret no longer because Burger King is here to help.

Potato king JR Simplot, US fry innovator, dies

JR Simplot, the billionaire founder of the Boise, Idaho-based agriculture business that bears his name and who helped make French fries a staple of the American diet and…

Elderly women face jail over insurance killings

It was a murder plot on slow burn. The two women, both in their 70s, would befriend the homeless in Hollywood, put them up and insure their lives for millions. Then the women…

US man sues over condom in hamburger

A man who says he bit into a Burger King hamburger and found an unwrapped condom inside has sued the owner of the restaurant. Van Miguel Hartless (24), of Fair Haven, said on…

Part prison, part holiday camp

No prizes for guessing the least popular and most hassled men at Camp Striker near Baghdad. That would be the staff at Magic Island Technologies, who last week switched off the…