The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is inviting South African exporters of Halaal-approved items and services to apply to participate at the Malaysia International Halaal Showcase (MIHAS) 2016 exhibition.

Is it a spirit or is it a wine? Drinks producer Distell’s nine-year court fight to have its iconic "liqueur" Amarula Cream classified under the latter category has left it with a multimillion-rand hangover after the South African Revenue Service (SARS) emerged victorious, again, in the latest round of a long-running tax spat.

Japan Tobacco International (JTI), the world’s third-largest cigarette maker, is considering shutting down its factory in SA to improve operational efficiencies in a declining cigarette market.

The Competition Commission raided the offices of five liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) companies and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Association of Southern Africa seeking information on the deposit charged for gas cylinders.

Multinational goods firm Unilever SA continues to benefit from the Department of Trade and Industry’s multibillion-rand tax allowance incentive scheme, as the company opened the doors of its first ice-cream factory on African soil.

Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev has agreed to buy SABMiller for £68bn, raising its bid to clinch a record industry deal that brings one out of every three beers sold worldwide under a single company.

As one of the largest retailers and a significant role player in the South African seafood industry, Pick n Pay supports positive change in fisheries and aquaculture operations.

The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) has dropped its wage demand from 12.5 percent to 8 percent in a bid to end the four-week strike that has hit the Ceres region in the Western Cape.

Nestlé is facing the prospect of rivals copying the shape of its popular four-finger KitKat chocolate bar after European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected the group’s attempt to secure a trademark for the product in the UK.