The health-care benefits cited by co-operative governance & traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the decision to ban tobacco sales during the lockdown pale in comparison with the financial ruin it has caused.…
Kruger National Park rangers who had intercepted a group of men illegally entering SA from Mozambique found large amounts of alcohol, cigarettes and skin lightening creams in their possession. Police spokesperson Brig Leonard Hlathi said…
“The application by Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association is dismissed.” With these words, the high court ruled on Friday that the sale of tobacco products would remain banned under the government’s lockdown regulations. Fita had…
By the time the case is heard, the ban will have been in place for four-and-half months The second big legal challenge to SA’s Covid-19 ban on cigarette sales — now the only one of its kind in the world — will be heard on August 4,…
The high court in Cape Town will hear British American Tobacco SA’s (BAT) application to have the ban on the sale of tobacco products set aside next week. The application is expected to be heard on June 30‚ reports BusinessLIVE. The ban…
Cigarette manufacturing company British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court challenging the ongoing ban on tobacco sales. The company‚ which filed a joint application with some tobacco…
While the country awaits the judgment of the Pretoria High Court on the ban of tobacco products, smokers in Komani are looking to the black-market for their nicotine fix. Many smokers say they are prepared to suffer the crunch of…
The cigarette ban was an act of cruelty designed to beat people into submission. This was the argument by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) before a full bench of the high court in Pretoria on Wednesday. It wants…
The reasons provided by co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for prohibiting the sale of tobacco products from May do not pass rational muster‚ lawyers for the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco…
The government’s claim that banning cigarette sales would make people give up smoking is “untenable and not supported by evidence”. This is according to court papers filed by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita), in…
British American Tobacco is resuming its legal challenge against the ban on the sale of tobacco products after it says the government betrayed its trust. This week, after it became clear the sales ban would remain in place, Johnny Moloto,…
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma believes the tobacco ban can help people stop smoking, but judging by smoking behaviour in East London, that is a pipe dream. With cartons of black market…
There is no evidence that smoking would increase the transmission of the coronavirus, a cardiologist and anti-smoking researcher said on Thursday. Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos told radio 702 in an interview that he did not understand why SA…
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday distanced herself from alleged cigarette smuggler Adriano Mazzotti. During a meeting of the National Council of Provinces, Dlamini-Zuma told MPs…
Will the ban on tobacco be extended even further, into level three of the lockdown regulations? Free Market Foundation CEO Leon Louw believes the ban may continue. “Smokers should be prepared to pay R20 for a single cigarette or R200 a…
