John Steenhuisen shades Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over cigarette ban

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“President Ramaphosa’s cabinet seems to be indulging in all its nanny state fantasies. It may soon find itself having to justify these in court, where reasonableness still prevails.”

DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet seems to be indulging in nanny state fantasies.DA leader John Steenhuisen, like others, is not backing the announcement by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to ban cigarette sales during level 4 of lockdown.

Last week, the co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister prohibited the sale of cigarettes during lockdown. The announcement came less than two days before the initial ban on tobacco was supposed to be lifted on Friday. Dlamini-Zuma backtracked on the initial announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing several reasons that included health issues.

 

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Fact of the matter is NDZ has lost credibility when she tweeted taking BATSA to court and they lost. It's easy to ask the court for facts as well.

Wena wa nyela san

DRTaylor8 And yet the DA has done absolutely nothing except Tweet a lot.

Worse than a nanny state. Starting to look like a thrust for total control laced with punishment and incompetence.

Matric-less boy speaks

Night School will do for him

Take the boy to school

Our_DA must your mandate be all about defiance and opposing regulations set by the ruling party? Why are you not CONSTRUCTIVE , IMPACTFUL INSTRUMENTAL in helping ALL South Africans especially during this difficult time? Stop with the Tom and Jerry antics- it's disgusting!

Fokof nonke man! Times media and this matricless fool.

Someone please tell jsteenhuisen when Matrics go back to school.

Go to school my boy

Judas.

John must go back to school. Skin colour alone is not good enough. NDZ is a qualified medical Dr and a highly respected African leader. If she says no cigarettes there’s nothing poor John can do.

Judas matric steenhuisen please g 🙏 given us favour and go back to school

🙄🙄

Fvck 'em jsteenhuisen

DA at it again. Shame on them for trying to politicize the covid 19 pandemic. It's not nannying people, but trying to save lives.

SA has bigger issues than stupid cigarettes. Get a grip of yourself😷

Everyone who knows The owners of British American Tobacco is not fazed by what steenhuisen has to say. It’s clear Johan pays you for your mouth.

Well bring it jsteenhuisen !!! I for one would love to see their rules challenged in the concourt. It feels like we are living in a dictatorship. It’s worrying. It’s scary. It has to be challenged. We are relying on Our_DA to challenge it!

STEENHUIZEN '' REMEMBER I TOLD YOU I WILL BE WATCHING YOU SMOKING IS A CAUSE TO HEALTH HAZARD IN HUMAN BODY ? YOU HAVE TO WAIT ITS ABOUT OTHERS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO HEALTH THREAD '''SHE IS SAYING A VETO YOU ARE AND YOUR COURTS EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL

A medical doctor with medical evidence at hand vs matriculant...

Mnxm unxilile lomlungu, they (whites) have the luxury nd privilege of smoking a pack on their porches, without sharing. The majority which is black South Africans share 1 cigarette among 3 or 4 people. Bafuna i population control

Mr Steenhuisen your behavior it's shame. You think cigarettes its essential OR You are speaking on behalf of ongxiwa. So please stop campening with the life of our peoples. People dying because of COVID 19.

This issue publicly revealed the severe flaws within govt's systems and how they operate. How about thinking a lil bit before you comment next time? As for those that are gunning for the race card, well you are so insignificant that it's the only response you can come up with.

This Racist Matric-less Judas JohnSteenhuisen says this with so much arrogance - 'It may soon find itself having to justify these in Court .' We all know that he says this arrongantly because the Judiciary was Captured long time by the WMCAPITALISTS!!

But we also need to address fairness and equality. Smoking and alcohol sales are banned because they are bad for your health, what about obesity. Take aways, sugar, sweets, coldrinks the list is endless. Obesity is also a choice, why not regulate the sale of foods to

You have nothing but audacity talking to the DR like that. This man is like the class snitch. 🙄

This one is clueless, it always proper to keep quiet if you don't have ideas to share, jerrr

Grasping at straws

'It may soon find itself having to justify these in court, where reasonableness still prevails.” Who says? Deployed SACPANC cadres in robes serving the National Democratic Revolution will predictably soon prove the opposite.

With no matric he wants to dictate to a a qualified medical doctor , apartheid beneficiaries have no shame

Why are opposition trying to be relevant in the lockdown? ...the lockdown is showing fhat they are just empty vessels after all 😂😂

10 million voters. 10 million participants in democracy are being undemined. Devaluing of political power by economic power, yet again. day39oflockdown

This ANC Govt is completely rudderless.

White ppl really luv their cigarettes ne.... Alcohol you lots of that, you own majority of liquorstores, when you run out you simply go and stock up from there, it's a good ti. E to quite, smoking causes Cancer

Except by JudgeJodyKloppen. He believes white people must not get COVID19Aid. Who appointed him? zuma? Ok, that figures.

Umalusi doesn't have this guy's details they have been waiting and suprise suprise they see him in Parly🤭

We really need to take a step back and ask ourselves why the DA is so hellbent on this cigarette thing especially when the Western Cape has become an epicenter

Candle in the wind.

John must just shut up

This one is just campaigning indeed Mmusi left a huge vacuum in that party

Nanny state fantasies is the state of your ANTI-AFRICAN mindset.

Lest we forget.

PaulaKernan Drown them in litigation from every angle!

Our_DA WC is dying you need to set your priorities straight.ASAP!!

Shaded by a mere Matriculant just for Skyf Lol what a joke,He must focus his Energy On Wuhan City

Argh this Caretaker again!

With his naked matric, he has some nerve to shade

Shouldn't Our_DA be focusing on coming with strategies to better manage the increase in Covid_19 infections All the other 'nanny' provinces have less case and better recoveries! Winter rains are at their door, complete with the usual flooding! day39oflockdown LockdownSA

A matric-less jsteenhuisen shading a qualified and seasoned medical doctor DlaminiZuma ..Yerrr

*President Dlamini-Zuma, you meant.

Blah blah blah

Mxm

Get over it now!

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