Tobacco industry given confidence boost by chance to appeal ban | Citypress

  • 📰 City_Press
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 29 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 72%

Business News News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has been granted leave to appeal the high court’s ruling in favour of government’s cigarette and tobacco products ban.

The Supreme Court of Appeals issued a directive earlier this week and respondents, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, have until Friday to submit a responding affidavit.“We are pleased by the directive issued by the SCA [on Tuesday]. We have always looked at the matter long-term and we have always seen it going the full distance.

“Government is saying that people must get over [smoking]. It is callous to say that to people who are addicted to tobacco,” Subel said. Subel said the high court judgment was incorrect in ruling that government’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products was rational under section 27 of the Disaster Management Act.

Advocate Marumo Moerane, representing Ramaphosa and Dlamini-Zuma, said no other court would come to a different finding to that of the Pretoria High Court.He pleaded for Fita’s leave to appeal to be rejected.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 7. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Alcohol ban: SAB halts R5bn investment in SA | CitypressSA Breweries has halted R5 billion in investments in South Africa over the next two years, due to the consequences of the alcohol ban
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »