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Legal purchase of cigarettes unlikely before May 26, even as industry challenges ban

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On May 12, the court is expected to hear the application to declare that tobacco products fall into the category of agro-processing and constitute permitted goods and for the export of the products to be permitted.

Smokers could be in for a long haul as court challenges to the ban on the sale of tobacco products get under way.The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association is pursuing legal action to set aside disaster regulations and declare tobacco products as essential goods.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced previously that at the end of the level 5 lockdown on April 30, the sale of tobacco products would be permitted. However, last Wednesday, co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the ban would remain after public comments advised against it.

 

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Really that long? fita_sa

'The Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis. We must, therefore, be vigilant to ensure its protections are preserved.'

So for another 26 days the illegal traders will enjoy a bounty, the government will lose another 1.5bil in income. Eish makes no sense

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