Woolworths is driving the vegan lifestyle into the mainstream in South Africa with its announcement that its WBeauty ranges are 100% vegan.

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa will have a tough call to make in about two months' time when it is expected to make a decision on whether to impose a tariff of poultry imports.

Growing demand is spurring big restaurant chains and food companies to explore vegetarian options. No longer at the food fringes, plant-based meats are selling well in supermarkets and emerging as a hot commodity for fast-food chains, industrial food companies and Wall Street investors.

Checkers is launching a new collectables campaign on Monday, 6 May – which will allow customers to build their own tiny versions of a Checkers supermarket.

Consortium Milco’s acquisition of listed foods and beverages group Clover Industries has been delayed and will no longer be finalised by Friday next week as previously anticipated, Clover said on Friday, 26 April 2019.

South Africa has been a net importer of butter for years. In 2018, 85% of those imports came from as far afield as New Zealand, Denmark, Ireland, and the Ukraine.

Increasing tariffs on imported poultry products could hike chicken prices by up to 32%, says consumer bodies and importers and exporters organisation.

Checkers hot cross buns are trending on social media and South Africans are in stitches following the release of a viral video in which a false-positive breathalyser reading was recorded for a police officer.

The National Credit Act (NCA) prohibits a credit provider from charging any fees or charges not listed in section 101 of the act. One of the permitted charges is a "service fee". Regulations under the act cap this fee at R60 a month, unless an exemption applies.

The Brimstone Investment Corporation will exit a deal led by an Israeli company to buy South Africa’s biggest dairy producer after protests by a pro-Palestinian activist group.

Eskom has shrugged off reports of a planned class action lawsuit against its recent bout of load shedding, to the detriment of many a small business in the country who may now seek compensation.

The black-owned investment firm says it is still reviewing its participation in the R4.8bn Clover transaction