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 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

State capture was a godsend for tobacco dealers, writes former Sars official Johann van Loggerenberg in his latest book