A study by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) finds that an above-inflation increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), or sugar tax, would put 6 000 farm-level jobs and 3 000 small-scale growers at risk in the sugarcane industry between this year and 2025. South African Sugar Association (SASA) CEO Trix Trikam says the sugar industry has already lost about 10 000 jobs and R4.8-billion in revenue since the implementation of the HPL in April 2018.
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