The Health Promotion Levy (HPL) is a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax of approximately 11%, based on sugar content. It was implemented in South Africa in April 2018 as part of the South African Department of Health’s Strategic Plan for Prevention and Control of Obesity, that aims to reduce obesity by 10% by 2025. The HPL currently imposes a tax of 2.21 cents ZAR for each gram of sugar in a beverage over 4g per 100 mL.