AfriForum serves lawyer’s letter on Dlamini Zuma, threatens legal action if tobacco ban is not lifted

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AfriForum has served a lawyer's letter on the ministers of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Health requesting that the smoking ban be lifted by June 1.

According to the letter, addressed to Drs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Zweli Mkhize, if the ban is not uplifted next week, AfriForum will seek further legal action.

He said government's secrecy in this regard was tantamount to a violation of the public’s civil rights. He added that he was concerned about allegations that Dlamini Zuma was friends with cigarette trader, Adriano Mazzotti. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that while the ban on the sale of alcohol will be uplifted from June 1, when the country moves into Level 3, the sale of tobacco products was still not allowed.

 

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Well done Afriforum. We support you all the way. Dlamini Zuma smell the smoke ousie👿👿👿👿👿👿

About time!~!!~!~

They dhould'nt threaten with legal action they must take legal action against her.

Abramjee Outstanding. About time. Hope afriforum don't do the BAT thing and retreat. Take her to the max. DO NOT GIVE UP.

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Die roekbol trek

Lol....

She just needs to be taken out....

Fine.

her legacy: SA Mnst of health Nkosazana Zuma has refused to alter her decision not to pay for a pilot programme administering the antiviral agent AZT to HIV-positive pregnant mothers. NDZMustFall

She's to ugly and stupid to care fuck I been in Phillipines throughout this pandemic and due to the fact the people here are educated and are civilized the pandemic is under control , sigs and booze been available throughout but as stated prior people here are short but civil

Afriforum are modern day South African heroes!!!

The worst excuse is that smoking is bad for your health,we all know that but so is consumption of alcohol but it is for sale at level 3,do we as south African citizens not have a right to make our own decisions any more?I can't help to wonder what the real reason for the ban is?

What I love about these organizations : they take action!

Afriforum have ran their cause and now it is time for them to do the honorable thing and take a ship to their place of their ancestors

Damn she ain't gonna lift that ban fuck!!!!! They should have kept quiet 🤫

At least Afriforum has money to waste,the first tobacco court challenge was pulled out in the last minute because smart lawyers knew they have no reasonable prospect of success,and of cause Afriforum is always playing for public gallery there will always try their luck

This RACIAL targeting will wake up the spirit of Minneapolis GeorgeFloyd like reactions where black people will realise they are their own brother and sister keepers. Dlamin Zuma's stance is pro W.H.O. She's not accused of corruption or otherwise. It's all about being Black.

Why file for NDZ yet it’s cabinet and National command centre decision

The only winner here is the illegal sigarette trade not government. Auntie Zuma how much money could have come in the form of taxes but that don't bother you the least

They are really not coping Shem

What are they smoking there to sue Dlamin Zuma instead of government?

Why do some people always link corruption to racism?

What has being a idiot got to do with racism?

CoruscaKhaya Bring it on! Mama will embarass them

jaco4aritech As usual the rascist msunus flock here to make any point for their anti white (thick as shyte) views . Tsek msunus ! TSEK !!

When is racist afriforum sending a letter to ParliamentofRSA to demand LandExpropriationWithoutCompensation? These LandTheftBeneficiaries though....

There is reasons to ban kfc and hungry lion too but that fat idiot wouldn't want to ban something she likes

Abramjee Racist jus like smoking

At least whites know when their rights are infringed on and are willing to fight. We come here and whine for likes and retweets and think we have arrived

Thank you Afriforum

They will fail,I thought they are still traveling the world spreading lies. 🤔

mnxm nonsense

Excellent! NDZMustFall

Wa-oh! Is this a glimpse of the 'invisible face' of the tobacco industry, unmasked by the lock down ban on smoking (us)? So afriforum and other (smoking) activists have no interest in the restaurant industry and so many other businesses affected by the lock down?

Is it just smokes? Is that the only industry afrforum is concerned with?

Why target one person if the whole NCC agreed to that?

Clearly these people don't know umamu Zuma neh😂

I hope they bring personal costs application on her as well.... abt time someone helps society against the powerful politicians...

Good Mama kick the bloody dog till the owner comes out,ubagqakra amasende ngebarbwire

Its our time. We're incharge now afriforum stan vaas

The day we gonna have a black President this AfriForum thing will be banned for good. Their days are number & they wont see it coming.

It's about time. I don't ask the government for a grant to buy my cigarettes. What I do with my money is my business. I pay my taxes.

Love it - Take her down and prove that she is corrupt please!!!!

Abramjee Over leaves..wtf!

CoruscaKhaya DlaminiZuma you are the greatest of them all look at how all these racist are attacking you in public. Respect.

Thank goodness for AfriForum.

The same organisation that keeps lobbying against universal health care, constantly red scaring, is now okay with overwhelming the public health care system. Maybe that's their evil plan to see the system crash, they clearly don't care how many people die in the process.

trixasis4 Don't send letters she can't read. Just go to court or arrange mass action.

I am all for the food parcel thing, that's where you should be sueing. Stop this tobacco stront, you are gonna lose this one, and you are making the name of white people gat maaan.

I feel like we should just let afriforum take all the harmful drugs they want. Just make crack free for them (them only) If we let that scenario play out, we won't have to deal with this problem again🤷‍♂️

Ryan_Medic_R37 I’m not a smoker but peoples inherent rights have been trampled on by NDZ and others. Well done Afriforum!!

But it was Ramaphosa who announced cigarette ban so why challenge Nkosazana? A bias white monopoly cabal organization

Do they smoke or serving interests of their masters

Everytime I see the name Afriforum I imidiatley think of Racism I can't be the only one 🤦🏿‍♂️

NDZ must just back off cause 1 day she will be left all alone on these mess

Thabiso_Dlamini afriforum You deliberately look for problems , yOU YOURSELF dont know your History and you refuse to listen to facts.Maybe it will truly be better if we EXHANGED , Go to your AMERICA and Bring our ppl back DlaminiZuma

When even AfriForum make sense, you know NDZ is messing up big time. This lockdown is absurd and has been from the beginning

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Hierdie tannie het miljoene Rande van sigaretsmokkelaars agter haar.

Where’s the blacktwitterSA brigade ?

Abramjee At 71 she should not even attend meetings.......

Strongs!! But you are wasting your time. She cannot lift her ass, never mind a ban. She is locked in with illigal trade and sits confortable. SA is her playground and it's ppl her dolls.

It is really funny. How the right wing crew always got something to stand by. Never wrong. & always getting their way I mean, now She's buddy with Mazzotti & getting deals on the sides because she banned cigarrets. They always paint a brush b4 taking actions CigaretteBan

I never thought that there'd be a day that I'd support an action by afriforum

brett4711 Unfortunately that wont work this one is a law unto herself and ramaphosa is letting her get away with it

there's no logic in banning of cigarette sale but it was influenced by the tobacco smugglers

Stellenbosch Mafia is on nkosazana

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Kak

SOME ONE IS STILL MAKING MONEY AND HEAPS OF IT

Abramjee It is my right and choice to smoke. NDZ thought people can just go cold turkey and quit 🙄🙄. They have no right to decide for smokers without consultating or preparing us.. SA is a democratic country not a Dictatorship!! This issue has nothing to do with race 🙄

Abramjee I think they are giving a chance to Zimbabweans to sell their shit, they are making the millions that SA GOVERNMENT are losing, I can't belive we have such idiots making rules and decisions, and our president can't say anything

Surprised that news24 has not picked this up yet. Come on guys BreakingNews

Shame, they can't even identify the respondent. Desperation for NDZ character assassination.

They must serve on all members of Command Council oh i forgot let us target African woman they are gonna loose big time.

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Thank you

One should not only look at it from a smoking point of view, but rather from a freedom of choice point of view. You have the freedom to choose, smoke, possibly get cancer, get hospitalized and die. Your choice whether it will be cancer, TB, heart attack or Covid19 is your choice!

Surely in North Gauteng high Court

Skryf brigade quit already maan.

How far did they go with Senzomeyiwa case konje laba?

Abramjee Isu kwedu takati pasi nayo Afriforum kare kare

BAT has new friends in the racist Afriforum because the matric dropout and that Muslim guy have failed to deliver.

😂😂

The flowers are in full bloom! Wake Up South Africa! DlaminiZuma lockDownSouthAfrica endthelockdownSA NDZMustFall

I am not a smoker, don’t care for zols either. The bottom line is if they win, all smokers win. What is the colour of those smokers again. Lol SA is a comedy show with no effort at all 🙄

Good, and after that, she should be removed and her deptartment closed. There is no place in government for this numbskull in a doek DlaminiZuma

Dis reg. Sleep hd useless ousie hof toe.

But when you zol... Seriously, the only cause for legal action is based on economics and laws of the land. Tobacco isn't illegal in South Africa and it provides income to many households. If the government want to take this further, they need to ban the product outright.

I can bet money she is not threatened/ intimidated by Afriforum

The ONLY reason she banned it is so that her Stepson’s tobacco co: Amalgamated Tobacco Manufacturers can monopolize the market during lockdown. No BAT brands anywhere to be found. Some recent pics of mine and smoking friends

its about bloody time afriforum

Now we definitely won’t get that ban lifted, why ninje? Why enter? 😭

Abramjee Nice one! At least someone has the balls to challenge and fight for our freedoms and rights👏👏👏

Expect anti-white racist comments from her and her ilk.

I don’t usually align myself with afriforum but they are right in this instance and I support them.

The ONLY reason she banned it is so that her Stepson’s tobacco co: Amalgamated Tobacco Manufacturers can monopolize the market during lockdown. No BAT brands anywhere to be found. Some recent pics of mine and smoking friends

Please prosecute her if she has gained any financial benefit from the ban. We as a country should start putting criminals away.

It has the right to fight because jobs of many workers are at risk.

Afriforum will be deported to the Netherlands

Thanks for Agriforum for taking action.

Abame labo nokuqina

I don't smoke and don't intend to, but here I support who ever fight against the banning of tobacco based on the relationship between oumama Zuma and the cartel like Mazotti

Abramjee 😟Is she the president Nah?. No afriforum must fall afriforummustfall

It was only amatter of time

Abramjee Viva.afriforum VIVA AMANDLA✊🏻

I dare em to fight China for this virus

Abramjee mxm bloody racists must go and smoke in Orania

This is good thing. Not due to the obvious politics but the legal precedence. She must fight back and they must push forward. This must go to the Constitutional court no matter who takes it there.

I love the Afriforum and the DA energy, these organizations are consistent in fighting for one course. They always protect and defend each other. They never fight one another. We can learn a lot from them maybe we can get the land back, unity is the key.

Not their place to dictate personal choices, even myself as a non smoker... this is an affront to people’s right to make their own decisions

Judiciary is corrupted waste of time. All ministers swore an oath to protect the constitution and do no harm to the people. She respects nothing not even her oath of office. The lowest form of humanity under a doek

By time...

Why not ncc? Who is incharge?

We don't care about them minority, they can even go to constitutional court if they like

It's about time...

Dlamini Zuma is being targeted by racists like AdvBMkhwebane

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