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New excise duty proposals, virus spell doom for keg beer

A proposal by the National Treasury to increase duty on keg beer could push up retail prices for the alcoholic drink.

Treasury is seeking to amend regulations that offer huge tax breaks to brewers using sorghum, millet and cassava in making the beer. Keg is largely consumed by low income earners. 

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