Controversial weight-loss product back

The slimming product which shook up South Africa's weight-loss market last year, before being recalled in February amid controversy over its ingredients, is back.

2 Jun 2010

It hasn't got a new name - it's still Simply Slim - and agents still sell a month's supply for R590.

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