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The Western Cape high court on Friday ruled that the decision to ban cigarettes during SA’s coronavirus lockdown was unconstitutional.Image: 123RF/Gin Sanders
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Lockdown cigarette ban was ‘not necessary’ and unconstitutional, says WC high court

The government’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes during the country’s Covid-19 lockdown has been declared unconstitutional. The Western Cape High Court on Friday ruled that regulation 45 of the Disaster Management Act — under which…

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