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It sounds like it’s going to be a familiar story: health campaigners want a sugar tax, the beverage industry doesn’t. But in South Africa there’s an additional dynamic: a massive sugar-growing industry that’s already facing huge challenges. Acknowledging farmers' concerns, the government has told the industry it has two years to readjust, restructure, and come up with a way forward.