South Africa’s beer industry pleads for a tax break before budget 2026
South Africa | There is a sad routine to this. Every year, Big Brewers and craft brewers are bracing for what they fear is coming: another punishing, above-inflation hike in excise duty. With Budget 2026/27 on the horizon – 25 February – the industry is not asking for a tax break, but basic fairness. “What we are calling for is simple,” one representative told media. “Fairness, reasonableness, and predictability.”
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