Tag: South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance

Illicit cigarette trading is one of the things keeping new South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance CEO Tobela Tapula awake at night. He wants to eradicate it. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

New tobacco bigwig has farmers top of mind

by Tiisetso Manoko

19th July 2022

Black tobacco farmers have suffered tremendous setbacks because of the Covid-19 cigarette sales ban and illicit trade boom. Now, helping farmers claim back sustainable businesses is a top priority for ...

Cigarette Wars: Producers watch helplessly as growing season passes

by Noluthando Ngcakani

11th August 2020

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 ...

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs. Photo: Supplied/Government ZA

Tobacco alliance doubts validity of IMF ’emergency loan’

by Noluthando Ngcakani

31st July 2020

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 ...

Tobacco wars: Fita lodges appeal application

by Noluthando Ngcakani

3rd July 2020

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 ...

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