Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is at loggerheads with the tobacco industry and nearly five million smokers, who have signed a petition to overturn the ban.SA’s tobacco industry has thrown down the gauntlet to government, demanding the ban on cigarettes and tobacco products be lifted.
Since the lockdown began on March 27, cigarette sales have been illegal, with manufacturers and exporters unable to operate. The widespread public and tobacco industry condemnation saw Ramaphosa enter the fray on Monday in his weekly newsletter, in which he said the continued ban had been a “collective decision”.
In his affidavit, Mnguni said the association had brought the application because it believed the “freedoms of more than 11 million smokers” had been affected, along with their mental health. There has been a clear failure to balance the interests of citizens, who are legally entitled to purchase cigarettes and tobacco products, with measures that may responsibly and legitimately be taken to combat the pandemic.“Fita is acutely aware, and acknowledges, that the government, as a whole, is tasked with the monumental duty to contain and limit the spread of Covid-19. Many of the efforts are commendable ...
“Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has been quoted as saying underlying illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension and chronic renal disease, have been the pattern for most of the deaths that had been seen.”
Good luck with your case. We support you!
This will be an exercise in futility. The decision change on cigarette sale within a disaster situation as envisaged in the Disaster Mngt Act is well within reasonableness. Stop wasting money on expensive legal consultants
sa_reset She really has that “ I’m so fucken drunk i can’t focus” look in her eyes.....
Yes, we need the minutes, all 2 of them please.
Yes, show the minutes!
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GO ON WAR IS NOT EVEN AFFECTING( HER) WE VOTED FOR HER SHE THERE BECAUSE WE SAID SH MUST BE THERE?
South Africa needs a Robert Mugabe, people have got too much rights in this country.
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The government are filling the coffers of illegal cigarette vendors and our lungs with poison. What to do!!! We are cigarette addicts. The government helped us get to that stage!!! Lift the ban!!!
Go FITA give ‘em hell! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I can't believe the shift of focus by SAns! Really!? Because of cigarettes
JUDGEJUSTIN777 High time someone takes these commies on,they can't manage their corrupt comrades but want to manage us like little children.
The severe stage 5 of lockdown hadn’t really changed my way of life. I’m an essential worker and have had to go out to work most days. The only way it has affected me personally is the realisation that around the world we have people in governments and organisations who are
Smart move filing for PAIA too... Let's see what tricks the government is going to make them do to gain access..
Looking all Zolled out too....lol