Tag: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

The South African Liquor Brandowners’ Association (SALBA) has welcomed government’s decision to not impose another blanket ban on alcohol sales. This, as Mzansi braces itself for a dry long weekend ...

The alcohol industry has acted sternly, canceling its supplies to 44 alcohol outlets in the Western Cape for blatantly ignoring covid-19 and liquor trading regulations. Despite repeated warnings from both ...

Following months of court intrigue, the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has announced that it would retreat from its five-month-long legal battle with government over the now-suspended tobacco sales ban. ...

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 ...

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 ban on the sale of tobacco products holds no merit, says Agri SA executive director Omri van Zyl. While the ban is in place, the illicit tobacco trade is allowed to mushroom, with a devastating impact ...

The controversial ban on the sale of tobacco products is heading to court this week, with one of two cases expected to be heard before a full bench of the ...

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) has confirmed that they will continue with their legal action against the ban on cigarette and tobacco product sales, as there is no clarity on ...