Recent policy has changed the mood around government measures to stem the spread of COVID-19, and now we face millions of job losses.
Unhappy with her u-turn on lockdown Level 4 rules, critics of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma have pointed to her alleged links with illegal cigarettes.
Having said that the sale of cigarettes would be permitted in Level 4, government have decided to maintain the ban.
Illegal cigarettes worth hundreds of thousands were found in the cargo area of the King Shaka International Airport on Sunday.
After a long month missing some of our necessary (and naughty) luxuries, the level four lockdown regulations will afford us certain freedoms.
Government is losing, according to Fita estimates, in the region of R1.5 billion a month on excise alone with the cigarette ban in place.
Metro Police in the Western Cape have arrested a man who was caught transporting an enormous haul of counterfeit cigarettes.
Looks like smokers in the Western Cape have won the postcode lottery. It’s been confirmed that the ban on cigarette sales here has been lifted.
The lockdown has been rough on all of us, including the smokers of South Africa. However, cigarettes are back on the shelves in this part of SA.
Cigarettes are officially going the same way as jogging, dog-walking and boozing in South Africa – they will be banned during the lockdown.
An open dialogue with event attendants transpired throughout the evening.
The KwaZulu-Natal students are angry at the poor administration of the school but the fact that they are demanding smoke breaks has derailed the protest.
The controversial proposals are open to public comment for just a few more days – but smoking in South Africa could soon become a criminal activity.
A key answer to reducing plastic pollution, brought to you by the world’s first eco cigarette.
Bad news coming from the budget speech on Wednesday afternoon: Sin tax is increasing, meaning booze and cigs will be more expensive.
Malema’s wife and children live in a home owned by Mazzotti.
Some vendors fear that this newly proposed law will put them out of business for sure…
Explosives and cigarettes seized valued at over a million rand.
A war on smoking… Or, a war on smokers?
Beleive it or not, smoking in South Africa is not as big as it once was. According to the experts, though, tobacco companies are putting all their eggs into developing markets.
Smokers are about to get burned by these new proposals…
A company in Japan is giving non-smokers some extra time off to compensate for the amount of time smokers puff away.