South Africa's Treasury is proposing a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in a bid to curb consumption of such products and reduce obesity, it said on Friday. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said in February that the government was proposing a new sugar tax from April of 2017.

♦ Do you also wondering why government is targeting just drinks rather than the entire processed food industry?
♦ Will the manufacturer change the ingredients of soft drink?
♦ 1 million people depend on the sugar industry for a living, as government, how to deal with it?

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