Cape Town – British American Tobacco South Africa told the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday that the Gauteng division clearly erred when it dismissed an earlier challenge to the country's tobacco sales ban by giving Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma a free pass on showing the measure was necessary to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
"With the greatest of respect to the court, that is clearly wrong, or at least substantially erroneous." Her strongest medical argument in her court papers comes from an expert who is not a medical doctor and deems that quitting smoking gives one's lungs"a fighting chance" in case of infection.BATSA went further in its arguments than its industry rival and attacked the constitutionality of the ban as affecting not only cigarette makers, but tobacco farmers and consumers.
Cockrell said this was an"extraordinary argument because the whole purpose of the prohibition is to stop smoking". This was not true or helpful, Cockrell continued, because the end result of farmers being unable to sell their tobacco was to go out of business. Moreover, the minister had given no indication of how long the ban, which began on March 27, would remain in place.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Why ban cigarettes and not cooldrinks?' Batsa asks Dlamini-Zuma ahead of high court clashIf co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is concerned that sharing cigarettes may increase the spread of Covid-19, why did she not ban the sale of cooldrinks as well?
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »
'Why ban cigarettes and not cooldrinks?' Batsa asks Dlamini-Zuma ahead of high court clashIf co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is concerned that sharing cigarettes may increase the spread of Covid-19, why did she not ban the sale of cooldrinks as well?
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
BATSA tells court: Government's legal stance on smokers' rights is mystifyingThe government's claim that smokers cannot challenge the four-month-old tobacco sales ban because it is primarily aimed at the sellers of tobacco products is spurious, British American Tobacco has told a high court.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Tax Justice's Abramjee files affidavit in support of BATSA ahead of tobacco ban court challengeActivist Yusuf Abramjee, the founder of Tax Justice South Africa, said ahead of Wednesday’s court showdown that “for the sake of our future, we must hope that our judges put an end to this hugely damaging and unworkable prohibition'.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Cigarette ban causing more harm than good, high court told ahead of legal battleBritish American Tobacco SA and cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are set to butt heads in the high court in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
Tax Justice's Abramjee files affidavit in support of BATSA ahead of tobacco ban court challengeActivist Yusuf Abramjee, the founder of Tax Justice South Africa, said ahead of Wednesday’s court showdown that “for the sake of our future, we must hope that our judges put an end to this hugely damaging and unworkable prohibition'.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »