Rooibos cuppa for court win

13 June 2016 - 10:02
By Staff reporter

When Annique Theron famously stumbled across the healing powers of rooibos in 1968 she had no idea of the wealth her discovery would unlock. But not even rooibos was powerful enough to help when SARS came calling nearly 40 years later, demanding R2.9-million from Theron's Pretoria company.Theron's family sold Forever Young in 2010 but the chances are they celebrated with a cup of tea after a Pretoria High Court judge ordered SARS to pay interest on R500,000 it had retained for over three years ...

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