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The ban on tobacco sales has not only failed to stop smokers from lighting up, but has created a flourishing illicit market, with cigarettes from 'as far afield as Asia and Europe'.

 

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She is incompetent and has no facts. The ANC government has been nothing but corrupt.

Abramjee How are these cigarettes getting into the country during lockdown 🤨 isn’t there a travel ban

Illicit markets will always exist. This is a weak argument to oppose the ban. Cocaine is illegal, but is illicitly available. From a layman's perspective, tobacco Is harmful to your health (mainly the lungs & the body's ability to absorb oxygen) yet Covid19 attacks the lungs...

fita_sa All Abramjee's hard work over the years went up in smoke, so to speak. SO sad. Rather let people smoke regulated cigs; these other things are poison! TaxJustice

Ban this rubbish

donscot23 Stopped. And I'm never going back. Thanks to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Cigarette is now more available than before, because every cigarrete criminal from all over the world wants SA market to replace the banned ones.

1st time in history Saffas are 'concerned' about government losing tax 😆

fita_sa Found cigarettes with french writing on there today

fita_sa Lesotho sigarettes coming into SA. These sigarette are on sale all over the country for R 80.00 .Dunhill sigarettes goung for R 130

fita_sa DlaminiZuma is basically saying... quit smoking or bare the consequences. The consequences: buy illicit cigarettes at an exorbitant price, which contains shit ingredients which is ‘more harmful’ compared to the ‘legal’ ciggies. Have anyone seen the amount of tar in those?

True

errolbsk Lucky for the illicit traders, there’s now a convenient drive-thru hole in Aunty Pat’s washing line

fita_sa To be honest, NDZ would of added value if she recommended to the NCCC that everyone should spend 20-30 minutes in the sun...or if they cant, then Gov would supply Vitamin-D supplements for free to all to prevent Covid-19, and the associated cytokine storm.

In the process, exposing how vulnerable our systems are

That is the plan of the MYANC all along.

That's a couple of Rand

For sure

DlaminiZuma tax collections lost. Leaders use their hearts less than their brains.

fita_sa My Oh My 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 And SouthAfrica Economy is SO strong, it can afford to lose the tax on Cigarette sales. 🙄 CyrilRamaphosa DlaminiZuma jsteenhuisen

fita_sa What will be interesting to see is what will happen if the government wins the case or delays if they should loose. Did Cyril cause enough racial diversion with his speech to stop South Africans of all races from uniting as one to revolt? After all that was his intention.

Yes, and people are also sharing a cigarette...which I saw with my own 2 eyes today! So much for a ban...

But how do they get into the country?

How do they get into our borders when we are told the borders were closed?

All because of government... Their stupid selfishness..

ALETTAHA Well done! Show the government they are not able to oppress us citizens! I even know of people that started smoking again out of boredom. So whatever intentions they had, it faltered miserably.

fita_sa DlaminiZuma stoopid

fita_sa My suppliers price dropped from R100 to R55 today.

fita_sa

fita_sa This country is a disaster. Failed state.

SinenMnguni So who allowed these ciggies to come into South Africa? The corrupt government and Dlamini Zuma will rot in hell.

dlaminizumaMustFall

That was the main aim of ANC and EFF mafias they wanted to make billions of rands out of illicit tobacco trade as the ban was non- covid19 related frm onset

What a stupid bunch sitting on the NCCC Politburo

Now they don't get the tax

I hope the ones who pushed for this are happy.

Yes and just wondering to what minister will the funds be going to from the illegal trading.. Just thinking out loud

What is ANC doing to this beautiful country of SA.😭😭💔 Why.

Billions in cash. This money will need to be laundered. Follow the money.

if tobacco companies have a spine, show us the damages you are claiming in you court papers, and personal cost order against CyrilRamaphosa and DlaminiZuma which should be 20% of profits lost for all the companies included in this action !! Actions have consequences for idiots

Wonder what shit is in those cigarettes?

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