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“Scenes of Marikana are going to become more a reality because there’s going to be so many unprotected strikes

Paradise for corporates and ultrarich

The Paradise Papers highlight the need for enforcing regulations to stem tax avoidance

100 year anniversary of Anglo

Anglo finds SA hard to love or leave

After 100 years, the mining giant remains a big fish in our political and economic pond

SABMiller’s big merger with suitor Anheuser-Busch is on the rocks thanks to Brexit

The deal to merge SABMiller and AB InBev will create a behemoth controlling about half of the industry’s profits.

This is what the SABMiller chief’s tax bill could do to his R1-billion windfall

Alan Clark, the latest of the tycoons who have to pay their dues to Sars, has some options that may minimise his liability.

SABMiller subsidiary workers battle for incentive payout

Work hard, Coleus Packaging said, and we’ll give you an incentive. But more than 70 workers are losing hope they will get their final instalment.

Disgruntled drivers want to put brakes on Coke merger

A group of owner-drivers for SABMiller’s ABI subsidiary want the Competition Tribunal to block a major restructuring of local Coca-Cola operations.

A signs rotates between pictures of presidential candidates Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese interior minister (L) and Martin Fayulu, Congolese joint opposition. (Crispin Kyala/Reuters)

Bottling merger worries smaller beverage firms

Smaller firms are concerned that SABMiller’s merger with a Coca-Cola division to form CCBSA may freeze them out of shelf space at retailers.

AB InBev has signalled that it intends to build on SABMiller’s strong presence in Africa

InBev gives JSE an excuse to party

The new listing by Anheuser-Busch InBev could add 25% to the exchange’s market capitalisation.

‘The truth however is that Global Citizen has always operated through local partnerships,’ writes Kweku Mandela

SA beer bosses bag big barrels of bucks

The potential benefits for top management, this time SABMiller execs, once again raise issues of pay inequality in the corporate world.

A 2020 study found that the cost incurred by provincial and national governments from alcohol abuse was R17 billion

SABMiller not falling for takeover bid

SABMiller has rejected Anheuser-Busch InBev’s offer, saying the approach was timed to take advantage of its "recently depressed share price".

Teams may have to look to food

SABMiller takeover could affect sports sponsorship

Anheuser-Busch’s offer to purchase SABMiller could create a beer giant with no competition to boost sponsorship of teams, leagues and broadcasting.

Home of beer: The Beerhouse in Cape Town where the best brews

World’s biggest brewers mull $245bn tie-up

AB InBev is considering a takeover of SABMiller to consolidate its position in a market facing the increased popularity of indie craft beers.

A 2020 study found that the cost incurred by provincial and national governments from alcohol abuse was R17 billion

A local success: SABMiller’s Nigerian ‘Hero’ beer

"Oh Mpa," the Nigerian version of SABMiller’s Hero beer, is using a nostalgic appeal to local political ideologies to widen its marketshare.

SAB keeps brewing in South Sudan

The brewer is among South African-based firms mugged by the country’s descent into civil war.

SABMiller’s Graham Mackay dies at 64

Graham Mackay, the executive who built SABMiller Plc into the world’s second-biggest beer maker, has died.

A 2020 study found that the cost incurred by provincial and national governments from alcohol abuse was R17 billion

Swaziland faces possible beer shortages

Swaziland beer drinkers face a thirst-inducing shortage of brews in the coming weeks, as the biggest brewery upgrades its bottling equipment.

New DTI campaign slammed by activists

A campaign to combat underage drinking has been condemned by activist organisations for depicting rape survivors in a guilty light.

There was speculation that the bid would turn hostile

Brewer toasts success in South Sudan

When South Sudan marks the first anniversary of its independence from Sudan on July 9, SABMiller will be raising a glass to a milestone of its own.

Irish fans drink beer ahead of the Euro soccer championship in Gdansk. An African has to work three hours on average to afford a beer

Rising African tide floats brewers’ boats

Mark Bowman, Africa boss for global brewer SABMiller, is building new breweries in Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia this year.

SABMiller taps into own talent

SABMiller taps into own talent

SABMiller’s promotion of chief executive Graham Mackay to chairperson without a good reason flouts the United Kingdom’s corporate governance code.