The South African Informal Traders Alliance (SAITA), the official voice of over two million informal traders in South Africa, is calling on government and tobacco companies to ensure informal traders and their customers are not left…
Another day, another reason — or at least three — why the bans on alcohol and cigarette sales should remain in place. On Thursday, health minister Zweli Mkhize said the country was not ready to lift the restrictions on alcohol and…
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,…
SA’s alcohol industry has welcomed a call by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) for the government to start planning to lift the ban on alcohol sales. SAMRC president Dr Glenda Gray and Prof Charles Parry, director of…
Eastern Cape police confiscated liquid tobacco with a street value of about R360,000 after being alerted by a courier company about a suspicious package at their warehouse at Kabega Park in Port Elizabeth. Police said the company had…
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‚ following an appeal by state lawyers to Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe. Presidency…
The SA Informal Traders Alliance (Saita) has called on the government to lift the ban on cigarette sales under level 3 of the lockdown, warning that a continued ban until level 1 will put informal traders on the streets. The alliance, the…
Government is expected to provide reasons for the ban on cigarette and tobacco product sales under level 4 of the lockdown. This after the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association filed an urgent court bid for government to lift the…
CEBELIHLE BHENGU Fita argues that the government has failed to demonstrate a scientific link between the spread of Covid-19 and smoking tobacco products. It pointed out that comments made by health minister Zweli Mkhize in support of the…
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…
