Tag: Tobacco Industry

Tobacco farming advice for beginners

by Dona Van Eeden

20th July 2021

Jabulani Tembe, farmer at Laluhle farm in Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, and secretary of the Black Farmers Tobacco Association (BFTA), says that it is not easy to become a tobacco farmer ...

SATTA believes that the illegal cigarette trade is still going strong because of government's outlawing of tobacco during level 5 lockdown. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Illicit cigarette trade already ‘killed 30 tobacco farmers’

by Vuyile Madwantsi

29th June 2021

“This illegal trade is taking food from our mouths and killing our businesses.” These are the words of Zachariah Motsumi, spokesperson for the South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance, who blames ...

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 ...

The illicit cigarette trade has already led to the demise of many tobacco farmers across South Africa. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Ciggie wars: black tobacco farmers paying the price

by Noluthando Ngcakani

12th January 2022

Despite the SANDF busting more cigarette smugglers near the Zimbabwean border, government continues to defend its cigarette lockdown sales ban – a move that is not only infuriating smokers, but ...

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