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.…
Smokers gathered in their numbers on Wednesday morning, under the banner of #smokersunitesa, to protest against the ban on tobacco. About 50 smokers participated in a national protest outside the City Hall today with the intention of…
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…
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 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…
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,…
A cyclist caught with three boxes of cigarettes on Monday led police to his cigarette “dealer” on Monday. Officers stopped him in Parow and he quickly came clean. “He was in clear violation of the lockdown regulations, so they questioned…
