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The cigarette ban may have ended last August, but Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is refusing to ease up in her battle against the courts. The COGTA Minister is challenging a decision handed down in the Western Cape, which essentially invalidated a ban on tobacco sales and prevented the government from automatically instituting another one.
Who has the power to announce a cigarette ban?
The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) brought legal cases against Dlamini-Zuma, and after a few setbacks, they were able to secure a ruling in their favour. As it stands, the government cannot announce a cigarette ban as a mitigation measure for COVID-19, unless it is fully approved by the judiciary first.
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Illegal cigarette trade. (Photo: iStock)
A report claims that British American Tobacco (BAT) oversupplied Mali, knowing that its products, which were largely manufactured in South Africa, would fall in the hands of smugglers
It also claims that profits from that would end up with offshoots of al-Qaida and the so-called Islamic State (IS)
The Fair-trade Independent Tobacco Association and the South African Tobacco Association have called for BATSA to be investigated, while the company says it is opposed to the illegal trade in tobacco.
Cigarette lobby groups have called for British American Tobacco SA (BATSA), to be investigated by authorities after a report allegedly linked the multinational to smuggling activity in Mali.
South Africa’s liquor industry has expressed grave concern after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday increased taxes on alcohol during his 2021 Budget Speech.