Praatjie oor belasting
Sakeluivan die noordelike voorstede het meer geleer oor belasting by 'n netwerkgeleentheid wat AfriForum Sakenetwerk op Woensdag25Februarie by Chocolat Bistro in Durbanville bygewoon het
Letha Stofberg, stigter van Pienaar Stofberg Bestuurskonsultante, het die sakelui toegespreek.
"Sy hetdie gaste meervertel oor onder meer belasting vir die verskillende ondernemingsentiteite en hoe om op ’n wettige manier minderbelasting te betaal. Dieoggend is afgesluit met ’n heerlike ontbyt en verdere netwerkgeleenthede," sê Tania Verdoes, voorsittervan AfriForum Sakenetwerk in die noordelike voorstede. Volgens Verdoes is daar opwindende gebeurtenisse om na uit te sien vanjaar, waaronderverskeie netwerkgeleenthede, opleidingsessies, werksessies en dan die tweegroot geleenthede, naamlik die Tinteltong-toekennings en die Entrepreneur van die Jaar-kompetisie. DieTinteltong-toekennings is daarop gemik om ondernemingswat op ’n kreatiewe manierinAfrikaans sakedoen, te beloon. Die wenner word eindelik deur ’n stemproses van die plaaslike AfriForum Sakenetwerk en die publiek bepaal. Die Entrepreneur van die Jaar-kompetisie is ’n nasionalekompetisie, waarvan die 2025-reeksbinnekort op AfriForumTV uitgesaai salword.
netwerk van Afrikaanse sakelui wat hom beywer vir die groei van gemeenskapsekonomie deur volhoubare, selfstandige ondernemings. Dienetwerk skep geleenthede vir Afrikaanse sakelui om volhoubaar te wees deur met mekaar bande te smee en sakete doen tot bevordering van selfstandige gemeenskappe.
Die netwerk se dienste word gelewer aan bestaande klein en mediumgrootte ondernemings, asook aan entrepreneurs en voornemende entrepreneurs. . Besoek www.afriforumsakenetwerk.co.za om by dienetwerk aan te sluit of vir meer inligting.
AfriForumSakenetwerk is ’n
Sakeluiluister aandagtig na Letha Stofbergse praatjie oor belasting.
Besette
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DESIREE.RORKE@TYGERBURGER.CO.ZA
Boere aan die buitewyke vanKaapstad sê hulle is uitgeleweraan misdaadsedert derduisende mense, baie uit die Oos-Kaap, die naburige grond in Bloekombos tydens die pandemie in 2020 beset het.
Honderde hokkies het amper oornag opgeskiet en dit het in ‘n enorme informele nedersetting ontaard.
Dit kom ná nog ‘n onlangseaanval op die 72-jarigeplaasbestuurder André Mouton op ‘n hoenderplaas langs Ou Paarlweg. Inbrekershet verlede Sondag omstreeks 01:00die Spaanse diefweringaan die buitekant van die huis uit die muur gebreek om toegang deur `n venster te verkry.
Mouton het gaan ondersoek instel, en is deur twee mans oorval en met ‘n mes uit hul eie kombuis aangeval.
Hy het met sy knuppel probeer terugbaklei, maar dit is van hom afgeneem en hy is daarmee geslaan. Hyhet eersná die aanval besef dat hy `n diep wond aan sy kop opgedoen het.
Die mans het na bewering kontant en skootrekenaars geëis, maar is vort met minder as R100 wat die egpaar in hul beursies gehad het’, asook Mouton se selfoon
Dit was die tweede aanval ineen jaar, volgens Charl Visser,’n boer in die omgewing.
"Ons staan weer eens verslae oordie misdaadaanslag," het Visserverledeweek aan TygerBurger gesê.
Visser sê misdaad in dienuwe informele nedersettings in Bloekomboshet handuit geruk ná die onwettige besetting en plaas net nog meer druk op boere wat reeds sukkel om gelyk te breek.
"Daar was ‘n enorme invloei van mense uit die Oos-Kaap; mensewat baie aggressief teenoor onsis," sêhy.
"Daarword op ons bakkies geskiet as ons daar verbyry,enons trekkers se vensters word met klippe bestook. Jy kannie eens
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“Afterwecompleted the applications, our air tickets were paid for and everything seemed above board. Inever would haveguessed thatIwas being trafficked.”
JOURNEYINTOCAPTIVITY
Upon arrival in Bangkok, Thailand, he was allowedthroughthe Thai border on a tourist visa before entering Cambodiaona businessvisa. “I was then transported in a van and travelled for about 10 hours to the compound. This is where Istarted getting suspicious forthe first time.”
After arrival, hispassport was taken and his movements restricted. He was, however,able to track down his family memberatthe compound.
“Therewere Cambodian guards walking around with tasers, anditslowly dawned on us thatweweretrafficked and now captives. Fear arosequickly. We did not haveour passports in astrange country, butI knew Ihad to staycalm and focused. Ihad to do whateverwas required to keep us both safe
“We were allowedtokeep our mobile phones but coerced into contacting our familiestotell them we were safe. At one point we were shown avideo of an elderly Zimbabweanman being tortured with tasers, and we were terrified that harm would come to us andour families. We did what we were told.”
APPALLINGLIVINGCONDITIONS
The scam centre,allegedly run by Chinese mafia they say, consisted of six buildings of 26 floors each. Living conditions were appalling, with 15 people sharing oneshower, onebasin, and a squat toilet.
“The mattresseswere very hard and sewage pushed up into the room.”
They were giveniPhones and instructed to telephone people in South Africa to lure them into elaborate scams, falsely claiming cases had been opened against them and demanding payment to avoid arrest.
“Theirtelephone numbers and ID numbers were provided to us. Ioften wonderedwhere they got them from. All thevictims were white retired people with money,” says one of the men.
FORCEDINTOFRAUD
The men worked12to13-hour shiftsper day and were givenonly one free meal daily. “We scammedpeople every day. One day Iscammedsomeoneout of R1,8 million andwas paid about $400. Ifelt very bad aboutthisbut would repent at
the end of each day.”
Theyounger man says he was often shouted at and belittled by guards if they didnot meet theirtargets, and was forced to write out telephone scripts50times. They were paid in cash, and the money could be banked at an on-site facility that made electronic transfers to their South African bank accounts.
Thefood consisted of rice, noodles, and strange meats “like snake and frogs”. The men say therewere people from mostly very poor countries across the world, many of whom chose to stay and workfor the money to send to theirfamilies.
“There were people from all over Africa, and from India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Indonesia. We saw elderly people and young children and heard horrible stories of violence and abuse.”
THERESCUE
After afew weeks, the older man summoned the courage to call for help from his family in SouthAfrica, who lodged acase with police. It was amessage to his brother in America that set theirrescue in motion. “My brother put us in contact with an American senator who in turnput us in contact with immigration police in Cambodia. After contacting them, they asked if we were being held captive and requested us to send them our location.”
Shortly afterwards, they werecollected by immigration police and taken to a police station where they were kept in cells for two weeks.“Here too we had to sleep on thinmattresses on the floor and received only one meal per day consisting of rice and pork.”
According to them, they were extorted by police in order to receive better treatment. After receiving the correct documentation from Cambodian government officials, the men were taken to immigration offices and deported back to SouthAfrica at their own cost.
Career expo addressesyouth unemployment crisis
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DESIREE.RORKE@TYGERBURGER.CO.ZA
Monument ParkHigh School in Kraaifontein recently hosted the Rocking FutureCareer Expo, providing learners with direct accesstocareer advisers to explore potential career paths.
Operating againstthe backdrop of South Africa's critically high youth unemployment rate, the initiative addressesthe significantchallenges facing South African school leavers, who battle to findjobs,orgaining admission to universities.
Theevent features an interactive live presentation offeringcareer guidance and practical advice for post-school planning. This is followedbyexhibitions staffed by representatives from South Africa's private tertiary educational institutions.
“For26years, the Rocking Future expos havebeen helpingSouth African highschool students to discover the exciting opportunitiesthat awaitthem once they leave school. This can be avery daunting time for students, especiallythose unsure what to do andhow to find ajob when they finish school. Through the career expos the team, together withatopclassselection of tertiary educational organisations, help students to understand theoptions available andtodecide what careers suit their personality, skills and ambitions,” says aspokesperson.
Theexpos are currently touring Johannesburg and Cape Town, distributing Future Guide magazines targeted at matriculants. Participation remains free for both studentsand schools. Students unable to attend physical events can access the three-dimensional online career expo through the Swiwel platform at www.swiwel.com, available to students nationwide.
Monument Park High School learners Tafara Zaba (17),Eden Mullins (17) and HaleyFlanagan(18)
Hundreds of thousandsofpeoplehavebeen trafficked to Southeast Asia.
Vaccinateagainstmeningitis
Meningitiswarningin Durbanville
The parent communityofDurbanville panicked recently after rumoursofanoutbreak of the life-threatening disease meningococcal meningitis at aschool in Durbanville spread.
The management of Pikkie Paradys School andAftercare notified parents on Friday 20 February in anewsletter that therewas only one confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis ontheirjunior campus. “There were no further confirmed cases as has been alleged in certain circles,” Tineke Botes, centre manager,said.
ONECASECONFIRMED AT EDUCARE
the confirmedcase, as well as about symptoms for which they should watch We encouragedparents to contact their paediatriciansormedical practitioners forfurther medical advice if they had any concerns,”she said.
The entire school was closed on Thursday 19 February andFriday 20 February to be disinfected.
“The entire campuswas thoroughly disinfected overaperiodoftwo days by an independent external companythat used specialisedequipment andapproved
. Neck stiffness; . Vomiting; . Sensitivity to light; . Drowsiness, confusion, or difficulty waking; . Arashthat doesnot fade when pressed; . Cold handsand feet, pale or mottled skin, severe muscle pain “Meningococcal disease can progress within hours, andchildren can become critically ill very quickly. In some cases,
children can deteriorate and die within24 hours if treatment is delayed.
“Even when children survive, this infection can cause devastating longterm complications such as hearing loss, brain injury, limb damage, scarring, and learning difficulties.
“Do not wait. Do not ‘see how it goes’. If you are worried at all, rather have your child checked immediately. Early antibiotics and hospital care save lives.
“Meningococcal disease is preventable. Vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe disease and death,” he wrote.
Informationsessionsonborerbeetle
Sandfungicides have notproven effective at eradicatingPSHB from infected trees. Therefore, infestedtree or plant material has to be chipped, incinerated or solarised,”Andrews urged.
MORETHAN6000TREESAFFECTED
To date,PSHB has been confirmed in over6000 trees acrossthe City in the following areas:SomersetWest, Strand, Penhill, Newlands, Constantia, Rondebosch, Observatory, Mowbray, Rosebank, Claremont, Kenilworth,Wynberg, Diep River, Pinelands, Durbanville, Brackenfell, Kraaifontein, Bellville, Parow North, CBD and Hout Bay.
Among thetrees affected were boxelders, London planes, English oaks, beefwood, weeping willow, Cape chestnut, black locust, paperbark andmaple trees
Information sessions were already held in HoutBay andin FaureinFebruary.
INFORMATIONSESSIONS
. The nextinformation session was to be held in Brackenfell on Tuesday2Marchfrom 15:30 to 17:30 at Brackenfell Library in Paradys Street, Brackenfell;
. An information session will be heldinBellville on Friday 6March from 09:30 to 12:00 at Bellville Library auditorium in Carl van Aswegrn Street, Bellville;
. Information sessions will be heldinDurbanville on Thursday 12 Marchfrom 17:30 to 19:30 and
on Thursday 16 April from 17:30 to 19:30 at Durbanville Library on thecorner of Oxfordand Koeberg Road, Durbanville.
KEYPOINTS
The City will focus on the protocols applicable to infested trees and biomass, among which how to identify infested trees and what symptoms to look out for; what to do and what not to do; how to handle infested biomass; how to safely dispose of infested biomass; how to transport green waste and how to handle equipment and machinery in a manner that will not spread the pest to other areas.
SYMPTOMSOFAFFECTEDTREES
Residents should look out for the following symptoms of infestedtrees:
Group protestsTygerbergQuarry treesremoval
Aprominent CapeTown
environmental organisation has added its voice to growing opposition against theremoval of historictrees at Tygerberg Quarry, proposing an alternative phased approach to address the City’s concerns whilst preserving decades of environmental screening.
TreeKeepers, which has aformal memorandum of understanding withthe City of Cape Town, has written to Environmental Management questioning the wisdom of removing mature heritage trees that have screened the quarry scar for 70 years.
Clare Burgess, aprofessional landscape architectand chairperson of TreeKeepers,
acknowledged thatthe waterwise gum trees arealien species but argued thattheir removal should be reconsidered given broader urban forest challenges facing Cape Town.
“This site is extremely inaccessible, andifviewed as a whole, is definitely part of the urban/naturallandscape buffer strip andas suchshould be dealt with in adifferent manner,” Burgess wrotetoCity officials
Theletter highlights mounting pressureonCapeTown’s urban forest, citing intense densification, polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB)infestations, plant diseases, new solar panel installations, and the lack of a comprehensive tree replanting programme to compensate for
losses since the 2018 drought.
TreeKeepers argues that removingthe quarry’s mature trees compoundsthese existing challenges to the city’salready limitedtreecanopy.
HIGHVISIBILITYSITE
Burgess emphasised the site’s visibility to thousands of daily N1 freeway users, notingthatwhen thequarry was first created, it “caused ahugebacklash in terms of its visibility anddemands for screeningorrehabilitation.”
Theorganisation questions whether removingtreesthat havesuccessfully screened this “industrialscar”for seven decades serves the broaderpublic interest, particularly givenCape Town’s need for shade in acity
housingover five million people.
“Would adifferent approach to this issue be considered?
“One where the immense value of thesegum trees is acknowledged for the work that they have done over the last70 years?”
Burgess asked in her correspondence.
The organisation suggests treatingthe site as part of an urban/natural landscape “buffer strip”—aconcept also applied to SouthAfrican National Parks landwithincityboundaries that considers various factors including fire breaks, people management, safety, and urban shade requirements.
The organisation’s formal relationship with the City
. Branch dieback —crackson the branch; discoloured leaves; dry and leafless branches; branch break-off revealing webs of galleries filled with black fungus; . Gumming —blobs of goo coming out of the bark; oozing of liquid and gum from the beetle holes;
. Entry and exit holes —very small holes on the barkofthe tree (the size of asesame seed of about 2mm);shotgun-like scars developing around the holes; . Staining —brown or dark stains on the barkofthe tree. . PSHB beetle sightings must be reported online at www.capetown. gov.za/InvasiveSpecies,callthe CityofCapeTown’sinvasivespecies unit on 021444 2357 from Monday to Friday from 07:30to16:00, or send andemailtoinvasive.species@ capetown.gov.za.
through theirmemorandum of understanding lends additional weight to their concerns about the quarry tree removal programme. tatus and legal requirements.
Gibbs pointed out that invasive alien tree species on proclaimed nature reserves do not fall under “urban forests” and emphasised that Tygerberg NatureReserve is mandated by legislation to conserve and restore natural biodiversity.
THeargues that because Tygerberg NatureReserve sits outside the City’s urban edge, its management plan must prioritise restoring natural biodiversity over preserving alien tree species, regardless of their historical screening function.
Branch break-offsrevealwebsofgalleries filledwith black fungus.
Shotholeborer beetles pose aserious threat to Cape Town’surban forestsand biodiversity.
Bidtorename UWCafter AllanBoesak
Aproposal has been launched to rename the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to Allan ABoesak University,honouring the liberation theologian’s sustained influence on the institution and South Africanliberation struggle.
The initiative comes from BishopDr Clyde NS Ramalaine, founder and leader of The Thinking Masses of South Africa Foundation (TMoSA) and aUWC alumnus. TMoSAapproached UWC lastweek with the proposal.
GENERATIONALRELATIONSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY
It argued that Boesak had maintained a generational relationship with UWC that shaped students, faculty ethics and the institution’s moral compass
His work during the apartheid era, particularly in the 1980s, is seen as aligning with UWC’s ethos ofacademic pursuit, spiritual inquiryand social-justice activism.
“Boesak exemplifies praxis: scholarship fusedwith activism to challenge oppression, reimagine justice and model accountability,” theproposalstated.The renaming would tangibly link UWC’s identity to liberation-struggle historyand signal institutional recognition of living legacies of justice.
UWC awarded Boesak an Honorary Doctorate in 2021, which theproposal describes as “longoverdue” recognition of hiscontributions.
ACADEMICSUPPORT FORTHEPROPOSAL
Professor Hein Willemse, emeritus Professor of Literature and Theory, has written about Boesak’s significance during crucial moments in SouthAfricanhistory.
Writingabout the turbulentperiod of1976, he recalled how Boesak, then ayoung Afrikaansminister who hadrecently completed his doctorate at the Theological University of Kampen in theNetherlands, addressed UWC students about the meaning of Soweto.
“When Dr Allan Boesak climbed onto a
PROPOSALCLAIMS ACTIVIST-THEOLOGIAN HADA GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPWITHUWC
table at UWC in July 1976 andspoketous aboutthe significance of Soweto, doing so partlyinAfrikaans, it was asmall but important stepinreclaiming Afrikaans,” Willemse wrote.
‘SPARKLINGANDDYNAMICWITH UNSURPASSABLEORATORIALPOWER’
He described Boesak as “sparklingand dynamic with unsurpassable oratorial power”, whodemonstrated thatAfrikaans could be spoken with conviction in the struggleagainst oppressionand for social justice.
According to Willemse Boesak gave theoretical substancetothe “black experience” and“black consciousness,” where “black” referrednot to skin colour but to aresistance identity prioritising self-respect, human dignity andsolidarity withthe oppressed.
The emeritus professor notedthatwhile Boesak’slifehad taken its course and his political career hadits challenges “the self-confidence he gave to an entire generation of young people can hardly be overestimated.”
Boesak, who recently turned 80, is internationally respected as atheologian.
RENAMINGINITIATIVECALLS FORSUPPORT
TMoSA is callingfor supporters to formally submit their commitment via email to clyder008@gmail.com, representing themselves andtheir organisations in backing the renaming proposal.
The foundation frames the renaming as grounded in “demonstrable, measurable influence” including mentorship, critical discoursefacilitation, civic consciousness fostering, and advancement of social justice scholarship.
Sakeluiluister aandagtig na Letha Stofberg se praatjie oor belasting.
Praatjie oor belasting
Sakeluivan die noordelike voorstede het meer geleer oor belasting by 'n netwerkgeleentheid wat AfriForum Sakenetwerk op Woensdag25Februarie by Chocolat Bistro in Durbanville bygewoon het
Letha Stofberg, stigter van Pienaar Stofberg Bestuurskonsultante, het die sakeluitoegespreek.
"Sy hetdie gaste meervertel oor onder meer belasting vir die verskillende ondernemingsentiteite en hoe om op ’n wettige manierminder belasting te betaal. Dieoggend is afgesluit met ’n heerlike ontbyt en verdere netwerkgeleenthede," sê Tania Verdoes, voorsittervan AfriForum Sakenetwerk in die noordelike voorstede. Volgens Verdoes is daar opwindende gebeurtenisse om na uit te sien vanjaar, waaronder verskeie netwerkgeleenthede, opleidingsessies, werksessies en dan die tweegroot geleenthede, naamlik die Tinteltong-toekennings en die Entrepreneur van die Jaar-kompetisie.
DieTinteltong-toekennings is daarop
gemik om ondernemings wat op ’n kreatiewe manier in Afrikaans sakedoen, te beloon. Die wenner word eindelik deur ’n stemproses van die plaaslike AfriForum Sakenetwerk en die publiek bepaal. Die Entrepreneur van die Jaar-kompetisie is ’n nasionale kompetisie, waarvan die 2025-reeks binnekort op AfriForumTV uitgesaai sal word.
AfriForum Sakenetwerk is ’n netwerk van Afrikaanse sakelui wat hom beywer vir die groei van gemeenskapsekonomie deur volhoubare, selfstandige ondernemings. Dienetwerk skep geleenthede vir Afrikaanse sakelui om volhoubaar te wees deur met mekaar bande te smee en sakete doen tot bevordering van selfstandige gemeenskappe.
Die netwerk se dienste word gelewer aan bestaande klein en mediumgrootte ondernemings, asook aan entrepreneurs en voornemende entrepreneurs. . Besoek www.afriforumsakenetwerk.co.za om by dienetwerk aan te sluit of vir meer inligting.
Kommentaar // Comments
LEWENSKIEKIE
THINKING OUTLOUD
We must rebuild safer communities forchildren
Ilook at young people todayand Icannot helpbut feel slightly sorry for them
Iamaproud millennial. Partofthe last generation to experience achildhood balanced between freedom and technology, between scraped knees and dial-up internet, between real-worldadventure andthe digital revolution that was still finding its feet
We were the bridgegeneration.
We knew life before the internet —and we witnessed its arrival.
We remember when boredom sparked creativity,not scrolling. When the streetlights flicking on at dusk wereour only curfew.
You would play in the roaduntil the sky turned orange, too scared to run homefor supperbecause once you stepped inside, that was it, you were in for the night.
We were scolded, but tomorrow, after school, it was the same case scenario.
There were no WhatsApp groups arranging playdates, no location sharing, no TikTok trends dictating how to have fun.
walking to the shop, heading to school, playing in their own backyard.
The very spacesthatoncedefined childhood freedomhave become sources of anxiety. Where we once worried about being shoutedatfor cominghome late, today’sparents worry aboutwhether their children will come home at all.
Thisisnot nostalgia speaking; it is grief for whathas been lost.
We oftenhear debates aboutgenerational resilience, aboutwhether millennials were tougher, or whether today’s youth are moreaware, more emotionally intelligent, moredigitally-skilled.
Perhaps every generationromanticises itsown upbringing. But what cannot be romanticised is safety.
Freedomrequires safety. Community requiressafety.
CHILDRENTODAYARE NOTWEAKER;THEYARE CONSTRAINED
There were bicycles, cricket in the street, hide-and-seek, and the unquestioned assumption thatoutside waswhere childhood belonged.
If we were insidethe housefor too long our parents would demand we play outside.
Children today will sadly never know that version of freedom.
The internet is not the villain. It has brought innovation, connection and opportunity. But it has also replaced something irreplaceable: unstructured, unsupervised, real-world play.
Today’schildren are growing up in a world where entertainment isstreamed, friendships are curated online, andsilence is filled by ascreen.
Their memories willbecloud-backed,not grass-stained
Theshift indoors is not only cultural, it is driven by fear. Crime has become so prevalent that many parents cannot allow their children to roam freely.
For too many families, tragedy has struck during themost ordinary routines:
Childhood requires safety. Andhere lies theuncomfortable truth: we are failingto prioritise it.
Billions are spent on state entitiesplagued by mismanagement and inefficiency,while neighbourhood parks decay and community sports facilities remain underdeveloped or unsafe. Instead of investingmeaningfully in secure public spacesinwell-lit fields, maintained playgrounds, accessible after-school sport programmes funds are toooften mismanaged.
We speakabout youth empowerment while neglectingthe environments that allowyoungpeople to grow confidently andsocially.
Millennials grewupoutdoors not becausewewere braver, but because the world around us felt more accessible Children today are notweaker; they are constrained.
The tragedyisnot thatthey will never know life before theinternet. It is that they maynever knowlife beyond their front gates. If we careabout the next generation,the goal should notbeto recreatethe 90s, but to build safe spaces where children can rediscoverfreedom, where parents can exhale, where play can spill intostreets, andwhere childhood is notdefined by fear.
-KAYLYNNE BANTOM
Seilbotevertrek vanaf die KaapstadsehawenaMykonosvir die jaarlikseregatta. FOTO:CHRISTA ROSSOUW
Babyfoods‘mislabeled’
Baby food manufacturers are widely violating South African healthregulations designed to protect breastfeeding and prevent misleading marketing to parents, according to new researchfrom the University of the Western Cape.
The study, conductedby dietician and researcher
Aneeqah Latief,examined 266 baby food products in Cape Town supermarkets and found significant non-compliance with Regulation991 (R991) of 2012—anational health regulationthat restricts aggressive advertising and promotion of infant formula, cereals and juices.
Latief’s research revealed that many products featured frontof-pack marketing specifically designed to attract parents, including health claims, catchy phrases, expert endorsements and digital links to manufacturers Some products boasted claims such as “reduced sweetness… contains iron”, “no added starch”, “no added salt/sugar, no preservatives”, “gluten-free”, and “organic”
The findings come as South Africa grapples with one of the world’s lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates.
Just 22% of mothers breastfed exclusively in 2024, far belowthe World Health Organisation target of 50% by last year.
CROSS-PROMOTIONCONFUSION
The study found widespread “cross promotion”, with over 80% of productssharingidentical labels,makingitdifficult for parents to distinguish between formula, follow-up milk and complementary foods.”
Clearlabelling is vital as SouthAfrica faces growing malnutritionand obesity challenges,”Latiefsaid.
Paediatricjuices showedthe highest rate of non-compliance, containing highsugar content without healthwarnings to caregivers.
Somebabyfoods carried marketingclaimspositioning manufacturers as nutrition experts, withpromotional phrases like “150 years of nutritionexperience” and “generations of parents have trusted ourinfant cereals to providejustwhattheir babies need”.
MISSINGHEALTHWARNINGS
Despite regulationsrequiring complementary foods to carry clear health warnings, compliance waspoor.
Themandatory warning against feeding infants under sixmonthswas missing from thefront packagingof23,2% of baby cereals.Only 4,8% of puréed products included guidance to introduce variety of foods from six monthsalongsidebreast milk.
The research also found
misleadingpictorial representations, with fruitflavouredproductsdepicting fresh fruit despitecontaining only fruit flavourings, concentrates, pulps and dehydrated fruit rather than fresh ingredients.
Regulation 991, issued under theFoodstuffs, Cosmetics and DisinfectantsAct of 2012, specifically prohibits promotional practicesand health or medicinal claims on baby food products.
HEALTHIMPLICATIONS
Latief warnedthatnoncompliantlabelling and marketing couldhave serious consequences for infanthealth
“If labellingormarketing doesnot fully comply with regulations, it can mislead parentsaboutnutritional quality, influence early feedingpractices, undermine breastfeeding promotion efforts, andaffect infantand young child health outcomes,” she said.
Experts cite aggressive formula marketingand culturalmisconceptions as keyreasons for South Africa’s poor breastfeeding rates, which contribute to thecountry’s malnutrition and obesity challenges.
The study raisesquestions about regulatory enforcement and theneed for stricter monitoring of baby food marketing practices in South Africa.
STUDYFINDS BABY FOOD MANUFACTURERS FLOUTNATIONAL REGULATIONS
Dietician and researcher Aneeqah Latief.
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Hierdie innigeeerbetoon sluit vertonings deur die Kaapstad-stadsballet,Cape Ballet Africa,Figureof 8DanceTheatre,Bellville Dance AcademyenJennifer Klipfel School of Ballet,in. Ander gaskunstenaars sluit in die pianis Pieter vanZyl,fluitspeler Liesl Stoltz,sopraanMinette du ToitPearce,skrywer Rachelle Greeff en die gasspreker prof.Elizabeth Triegaardt Greyling het as 12-jarigemet danslessebyJennifer Louw in Bellville begin.Hyhet in 1965 aandie (toe nog) Hoërskool DF Malan gematrikuleer
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. Beyond Breath, 'n galakonsert,vind op Woensdag4Maart in dieEndler-saal in Stellenbosch plaas. Gareth McLearnon (Ierse fluitspeler), Cobus du Toit en Nina Schumann (pianis) tree saam met’nprofessionelefluitensembleop. Dieprogram sluit diepremière van’nnuwefluittrio deur diegevierde komponisHendrik Hofmeyr in. Kaartjies by Webtickets.
. Meraki DanceFestival runs at Artscape untilSaturday7 March. Ticketsat Webtickets
. Juan Boucher is op Woensdag4 Maartom20:00 by Kapstadt Brauhaus Durbanville.Kaartjies kosvanafR185 by Quicket
. JonathanRoxmouth's Keychange runs at Theatreonthe Bayfrom4 to 28 March. Eveningsat20:00 and Saturdays also at 15:00.Ticketsat Webtickets.
. Nataniël bring sy nuwevertoning Sooibrand vanDonderdag5tot Sondag 8Maart na dieDrostdy-teaterin Stellenbosch. Kaartjies beskikbaarby
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Komvier ’n merkwaardigenalatenskap . Kaartjieskos R250 en is by Quicketenbydie deur beskikbaar PhyllisSpira en Eduard Greyling
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. TheKingdom of Ubuntu –The MusicalinConcert is at Artscape on Friday6 and Saturday7 March at 19:30.Tickets R150toR300 at Webtickets. . Die country-groepWest komtree op Saterdag 7Maart om 19:00 in die Kraaifontein-stadsaal op.Kaartjies kos vanafR190 by Open Tickets.
. MatthewMole is at the Kirstenbosch Summer Concert on Sunday 8March at 17:15.Ticketsare R360 or R255 (age 6-21). Book at Webtickets.
. Mark Haze:Masters of Rock is at KapstadtBrauhaus BloubergonThursday 12 March at 20:00.TicketsfromR200 at Quicket
. Die Piesangskille is op Vrydag 13 Maart om 20:00 by Kapstadt Brauhaus Durbanville.Kaartjies kosvanafR200 by Quicket
. Legacy,a benefit gala forEduard Greyling, is at DF Akademie on Sunday 15 March at 15:30.TicketsfromR250 at Quicket
. Thandiswa Mazwa is at the KirstenboschSummer Concert on Sunday 15 March at 17:15.Ticketsare R360 or R255 (age 6-21). Book at Webtickets.
Cape Town CityBalletprincipalsKirstél Paterson and Leusson Muniz. PHOTO: LINDSEY APPOLIS
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