'Ongoing tobacco ban will turn informal traders into beggars, criminals into billionaires'

The alliance, the national voice of informal trade in SA, added that an ongoing ban would add to government's already enormous social grant burden and turn “legitimate informal traders into beggars and illicit tobacco dealers into billionaires”.

Cigarette sales make up a sizeable portion of the average informal traders’ sales, and in many cases, 100% of sales. Banning cigarettes would put millions of South Africans at risk, and rob them of their dignity, it said.It pointed out that informal traders can only access the R350 per month Covid-19 government relief, and don’t have access to the other assistance provided to formalised SMEs or bigger businesses.

“Government is turning legitimate informal traders into beggars, smokers into criminals, and illicit tobacco dealers into billionaires,” said Rosheda Muller, Saita’s president. “Where millions of traders were previously able to operate with dignity and confidence, knowing they were contributing positively to the economy, and importantly, their families, their ability to trade has been ripped from them by a government that is unwilling to listen or to consult.

I wonder who was calculating each individual personal expenses and finally decided that R350 it can be enough for the whole month the estimation population of South Africa is 58.8 million at least R1000 to each household en informal Traders it ca be much better

Imagine having black billionaires then SARS comes and recover their money, it would be good to have Black billionaires than those guys from BAT

They are already rich

Boring now

All they're waiting for is 'Superman' to stand up for them.

Kita___K It almost feels like this has happened before..oh wait it did! Learn from history guys!

If People can still Smoke during the Ban nd the Banners know about illicit tobacco dealers what's the Use of the Ban

mac_ct I know this will be hard guys. Can't believe I'm saying this 🙈But we all need to quit smoking to stop then getting rich. 🙊

NDZuma must take the full blame for an enormous black market that entrenched itself on SA soil. She can no longer dance around the reality and consequences caused by her bizarre/senseless bylaws.

dlaminizumamustfall

Abramjee Fuck this. Me I smoke. Bastards. Gonna be a civil war in this fucken country. People pushing it

Life must preserved at all cost. F*ck money.

No problem they will be beggars but alive, they'll get another shot at life unlike when they are dead.

Illicit cigarettes dealers will be arrested and given harsh sentences

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