Tobacco growers, processors and manufacturers say they will be the ones to pay the highest price if the new law is passed
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Cigarette and vaping manufacturers, informal traders, taverns and restaurants are worried proposed new bans will devastate businesses
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BATSA has supported black tobacco farmers since 2011. So why are small-scale farmers in Limpopo upset with the tobacco industry?
British American Tobacco says 200 workers will be out of a job soon but public health researchers argue they’re using misleading figures to back retrenchments
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes
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The minister could spend the state’s money on fighting Covid-19 and cigarette cartels, tobacco manufacturers argue
The court held that the ongoing state of disaster meant there was public interest in the legal test applied to measures taken to contain the pandemic
The world’s number two tobacco company sees three million new consumers for its noncombustible options
In two weeks the co-operative governance minister will continue her fight against Batsa after the tobacco ban was found to be was unconstitutional
The tobacco company has counter-filed for leave to appeal December’s tobacco ruling, should the government’s application for leave to appeal be successful
A fresh legal wrangle and jostling at the courts over the ban could run for much of the life span of the pandemic itself
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last