/ 24 July 2021

Tobacco farmers want the taxman to do more to control illegal cigarette trade

Harvesting Tobacco In A Valley In The Klein Karoo Near To The Village Of De Rust And Route 341. Racks Of Tobacco Being Sorted With A Dry, Mountainous Backdrop Typical Of The Klein Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
Illicit: Tobacco farmers want the price of cigarettes to be fixed so that smokers know that if they are paying less than R28 for a box of 20, then the product is illegal. (Michael D Kock)
The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes

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