Lawyers agree that the issue is inevitably heading for constitutional challenge, but not all accept the mainstream view that the limitation of rights is justifiable

Tax agency’s custom officials in Durban seize imported cigarettes that were declared as tissue paper

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 Western Cape high court is expected to rule soon on the minister’s bid to seek vindication from the supreme court

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

Smoking out social tobacco users as unique spreaders of the coronavirus sends out the wrong messages