BATSA has supported black tobacco farmers since 2011. So why are small-scale farmers in Limpopo upset with the tobacco industry?
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
The minister could spend the state’s money on fighting Covid-19 and cigarette cartels, tobacco manufacturers argue
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