The Fair-trade Independent Tobacco Association is happy with the concession by government to allow its members to manufacture and export tobacco products after it went to court over the ban of tobacco sales in South Africa during the lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Mnguni told City Press this week that the decision to allow the exports was a result of ongoing negotiations with government. “We made our court application on Monday morning and on Thursday we received a notice of the intention to oppose it. There has also been correspondence with the parties, but, for now, I am not at liberty to disclose anything. The matter is at a very crucial point.”
The exporters include Afroberg Tobacco Manufacturing, Best Tobacco Company, Carnilinx Tobacco Company, Folha Manufacturers, Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation, Protobac and Home of Cut Rag. They were instructed to do all the manufacturing and transporting of products under strict health protocols. The association demanded that the court force Ramaphosa and Dlamini-Zuma to explain government’s U-turn on cigarettes sales. Fita gave government until May 19 to provide it with minutes and records of the meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council , where the decision was made.
If they succeeded, and prove this banning unreasonable. The ANC government could be sued for loss of revenue.
Another joke not so funny... Profit driven motive
The air still smells of cigarettes I wonder how and why when cigarettes are banned
I wish for them to fail in court and cigarettes stay banned
fita_sa Keep up the fight! We want legal cigarettes please! Gov has lost support!
fita_sa We want smokes legally!
fita_sa
Hold on miss Nkosazana. Great work. Smokers are selfish creatures. It is a stinking habit. Let them suffer for a few months more.
Stupid CigaretteBanMustFall stupid dlaminizumaMustFall 😡
MXM!
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