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How much more alcohol will cost you after Mboweni's 2021 Budget Speech
Once again this year, you’ll be paying more for your sins.
Tobacco sales resumed on Tuesday after a ban that was first introduced with the COVID-19 lockdown in March.
A combined task team arrested the group on Monday, while they were loading boxes of illicit cigarettes onto a number of trucks.
The organisation is among other industry bodies that lodged court action against the government’s decision to prohibit the sale of the products four months ago.
While government’s decision to amend the regulations was made in a bid to restore some of the country’s deteriorating businesses and industries, the amended restrictions have also bought a small window of normality.
It’s been a long journey since the start of the lockdown in March and there are fears some businesses will never recover from the economic fall-out of COVID-19.
One man was arrested during the raid in Limpopo on Wednesday and he'll be appearing in the local Magistrates Court later on Thursday.
Lawyers for industry giant British American Tobacco along with tobacco farmers, vendors and consumers will argue that the regulations infringe on rights enshrined in the constitution.
The leave to appeal case was heard on Wednesday following the dismissal of Fita’s application seeking to force government to reinstate the sale of the products during the lockdown.
Fita argued that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma did not weigh all relevant facts properly when the decision was made to ban the sale of tobacco products.
Telita Snyckers, the author of 'Dirty Tobacco,' - an expose on the dark underbelly of the tobacco industry, presented a virtual address to the Cape Town Press Club on Wednesday.
The association is considering its options on whether to challenge the continued ban on the sale of cigarettes.
If we're concerned about the safety of society, the easing of regulations around alcohol fly in the face of the ban on cigarettes, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Hearings in the matter are under way before a full bench of the Pretoria High Court.
Judges in the matter, which affects an estimated eight million smokers, used day one to consider the legal arguments.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said she and her cabinet colleagues had chosen to protect lives.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed the ban would remain in place when the country moves to level 3 lockdown next week.
The Black Tobacco Farmers Association (BTFA) claimed that farms were 'dying' and so were their livelihoods, complaining that government did not consider the views of the many who supported the sale of tobacco products.
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