Inside South Africa’s Plan to Raise Alcohol Excise Taxes

Posted on March 02, 2025 in AB InBev, Bacardi, Heineken, Africa, South Africa

South Africa is planning bold steps to better prevent alcohol harm. The government is planning above‐inflation
increases in excise duties on alcohol but faces severe alcohol industry interference.
The alcohol excise tax reform would generate much needed revenue and contribute significantly to reducing the country’s heavy alcohol burden.

AB InBev, Affordability, Alcohol Harm, Alcohol Policy, Alcohol Prevention, Alcohol Taxation, Alcohol Violence, Bacardi, BigAlcoholExposed, Campari, Crime, Diageo, Economic Costs, Evidence, FASD, GDP, Gender Based Violence, Health Tax, Heineken, MUP, News, Pernod Ricard, SAAPA, Taxation

Read full article

Inside South Africa’s Plan to Raise Alcohol Excise Taxes

MORE STORIES