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High consumption of sugary drinks is associated with risks such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. (Toby Talbot/Associated Press)

Our advertising regulator is funded by the food and beverage industry. Should it be allowed to block public health messaging?

A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar

Jack Daniel’s® and Coca-Cola ARTD spirit cooler launches in South Africa

The ready-to-drink blend is a classic bar cocktail that brings iconic taste to Mzansi

Cleola Kunene, Head of SME Development at the JSE; Sipho Claassen, Managing Director of Boundless Consulting; Moderator Thembekile Mrototo; Walter Bango, Senior Manager of Monitoring and Evaluation at the NYDA; and Tsholofelo Mqhayi, Head of Social Transformation at CCBSA.
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National plan needed to address youth unemployment?

The importance of youth economic inclusion, and unpackaging key solutions to drive it

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CCBSA drives economic growth and youth empowerment across South Africa

The two pillars of employability and entrepreneurship are the framework for our economic inclusion strategy

A man walks past a Coca Cola poster in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)

Coca-Cola in Africa: A long history full of unexpected twists and turns

A new book tells the story of how the world’s most famous carbonated drink conquered the continent

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa CEO Jacques Vermeulen (right) engages with Professor Manoj Chiba (left) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) on the circular economy. (Photo: Kofi Zwana)

Towards a world without waste

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests in circular economy to promote employment and environmental good

At the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the emphasis was on digitalisation and technological advancement of the industry. However, the industry recognises that cybersecurity can no longer continue to remain the unaddressed elephant in the room

Sleeping with the enemy: The rise of the insider threat in cybercrime

South Africa is prone to cyberattacks and ripe for exploitation

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CCBSA’S More Than Water Campaign wins two SABRE Awards

Coke Ville is helping South African communities become more water resilient

Waste pickers lament nondelivery of karikis by Enviro Mobi

Blockchain tech gives waste pickers the opportunity to enter the formal economy

Guidelines aim to integrate the more than 60 000 people who collect waste from the bins of households and businesses into the formal economy

Sprite has changed its green bottle to a more translucent one in a move to become more environmentally friendly and to reduce plastic waste. (Photo by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Sprite’s green bottles head for a fall – but is this greenwashing?

The plastic bottles are now clear and the move is part of Coca Cola’s bid to be more environmentally friendly

Monster problem: Companies producing sugary drinks have decreased the sugar content as a result of a sugar tax. But the same cannot be said about energy drinks. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Energy drinks flourish amid health fears

The market in South Africa had an annual growth rate of 26.89% from 2013 to 2018

Counting the cost: Used plastic straws were collected at Khung Bang Kachao Urban Forest and beach during the Trash Hero initiative in Bangkok. In South Africa the move away from plastic straws may be motivated by consumer concerns. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

Companies are grasping at straws

Companies are keen to ditch plastic straws, but replacing them with single-use alternatives is not the best option, environmentalists say

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Pepsi’s Pioneer acquisition is not healthy

The move may provide a short-term economic boost, but it also has long-term health costs

Only 9% of plastics is recycled once and less than 1% is recycled twice

A handful of multinational corporations is responsible for the world’s plastic waste

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle were responsible for the most pieces of plastic collected according to an environmental pressure group

Challenges in overcoming legacy of air and water pollution are ‘enormous’ in South Africa. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty)

Each breath is killing you

Each breath you take means more toxic pollutants are sucked deep down into your lungs. In our metros, that pollution is ubiquitous

Digging up the graves of Gukurahundi graves – and burying the evidence (Photo Archive)

Digging up the graves of Gukurahundi graves – and burying the evidence

Exhumations of Gukurahundi graves risk destroying vital clues about the extent of the massacre and who was responsible

South Africa joins countries such as Norway, Mexico and the United Kingdom in taking a policy and tax-driven approach to the sugar issue. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my levy

Treasury is coining it as South Africans continue to shell out for their favourite sugary drinks

The Listeriosis crisis affected not only Tiger Brands, but the industry as a whole

South Africa’s reputation leaders

Mr Price had a significant rise, while Tiger Brands had a phenomenal drop

If #FeesMustFall activists are granted a presidential pardon, it may create a dangerous precedent. (David Harrison/M&G)

Letters to the Editor: August 31 to September 6

Our readers write in about amnesty for students, deadbeat dads and Coca-Cola

Discussions with local colleagues in paediatrics revealed how a single video or instant message with false information was enough to dissuade parents from believing in medical therapies, writes the author. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Sugar tariff hike satisfies no one

The increase is less than local producers wanted, while companies say it entrenches inefficiencies