British American Tobacco SA (Batsa) and cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are set to butt heads in the high court in Cape Town on Wednesday. The company – and other litigants including farmers, processors,…
She smoked for more than half her life, and while she often considered quitting, a Nelson Mandela Bay woman could never quite muster the willpower to stomp out the bad habit. However, today she has been left with little choice as the ban…
While the country awaits the judgment of the Pretoria High Court on the ban of tobacco products, smokers are looking to the black market for their nicotine fix. Many smokers say they are prepared to suffer the crunch of exorbitant prices…
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…
Action goes ahead outside parliament and in Durban Smokers marching against the ban on tobacco products said their rights to protest were violated when police officers waited for them at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The planned…
The overarching rationale behind temporarily banning the sale of tobacco products during level 4 of the lockdown was to protect human life and health and to reduce the potential strain on the health-care system. Also, the ban would mean…
What is the logic in the continual ban on the sale of tobacco products and how does that assist in preventing the spread of Covid-19? According to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the apparent loudest voice…
Economists behind an extensive survey of smokers say the lockdown ban on cigarette sales has been a spectacular failure and should be lifted as soon as possible. More than 90% of the 12,000-plus smokers who completed an online…
Anyone who breaks the lockdown regulations could be liable for an admission of guilt fine of as much as R5,000. The judiciary has released a list of charges under the Disaster Management Act, accompanied by fines attached to each of them.…
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu has ruled out any possibility of talks with the cigarette industry, saying the cabinet will not back down on its decision to ban the sale of cigarettes. The government is taking a hard line and…
