Tag: British American Tobacco South Africa

Uncertainty caused by the ban on tobacco products has forced many producers in the multibillion-rand industry to watch helplessly as their planting season passes by. Farmers are unable to plan ...

The South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) is the latest to rubbish government’s hasty loan of approximately R70 billion in emergency support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Early this ...

After 119 days of the covid-19 lockdown, the ban on the sale of tobacco products has now cost the country over R4 billion in taxes and resulted in substantial job ...

There is a new glimmer of hope for smokers and tobacco farmers. The Fair-trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has lodged an urgent appeal to the court’s dismissal of their application ...

It has not been a great day for smokers and tobacco farmers, with one of two court challenges to the covid-19 tobacco ban dismissed and the other delayed for a ...

The controversy around the sales ban on tobacco products is now also raging on Mzansi’s music charts. Cape Town DJ Max Hurrell's song "ZOL" is climbing the Apple Music streaming ...

Tobacco farmers have come out on the side of British American Tobacco (BATSA) in the confrontation between the multinational cigarette manufacturer and the South African government over the extended ban ...

The illegal cigarette trade in South Africa is rated one of the highest in the world. Today, illegal tobacco products account for approximately 24% of the local market with an ...