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
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