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More than half the cigarettes sold in South Africa are illegal, new research shows
Illicit cigarettes make up about 60% of South Africa’s market, according to research from the University of Cape Town, raising alarm over lost tax revenue and growing public…
Big Tobacco tries to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law
The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces
The farmers British American Tobacco left behind
BATSA has supported black tobacco farmers since 2011. So why are small-scale farmers in Limpopo upset with the tobacco industry?
Council wants Hawks, SIU probe into BAT’s Zimbabwe scandal
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
Tobacco farmers want the taxman to do more to control illegal cigarette trade
The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes
Tobacco industry calls Dlamini-Zuma’s bid to appeal ban a costly folly
The minister could spend the state’s money on fighting Covid-19 and cigarette cartels, tobacco manufacturers argue
Tobacco ban case set to continue on 15 February
In two weeks the co-operative governance minister will continue her fight against Batsa after the tobacco ban was found to be was unconstitutional
Batsa fires back in response to Dlamini-Zuma’s appeal
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
Government appeals Covid-19 lockdown tobacco ban ruling
A fresh legal wrangle and jostling at the courts over the ban could run for much of the life span of the pandemic itself