not an essential item, police have confirmed. ational police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo as saying people were allowed to buy cigarettes as long as they were bought in conjunction with other goods. were not listed as an essential items and people were only permitted to leave their homes to purchase groceries, seek medical help, buy medication and collect their social grants. during the 21-day lockdown would be prohibited.
"On the items that people can buy, obviously we wanted to keep the list as short and simple as possible so that we can do a quick turnaround at shops so that people spend the minimum amount of time there, and travel as infrequently to the shops as possible. Cigarettes is not a basic good."
Amazing, sweets are the Nestle factory in EL is working at 100% capacity.
And this will cause even more frustration. No ALCAHOL and no SMOKING during LOCKDOWN. Do you realise what you are doing to the people?
Neither are chocolate, soft drinks with sugar in them, tomato sauce, chutney, coffee, tea, or any other item that provides any pleasure to people whatsoever. Only rice and water, austerity and 24 hours a day of bad news about the economy, coronavirus and death.
As***ls aren’t neither ...... it seems the ANC wants to torture the citizens...... Marikana is everywhere these days.
Not essential to risk having the manufacturer open to produce during lockdown : YES Not being able to sell existing stock when it's more income...and right there : WTF
I am not a smoker but once citizens allows a government to make these kinds of decisions for them it becomes a very slippery slope going forward.....
Sorry ne!
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Do they know that quitting smoking causes more coughing and temporarily increases your risk of contracting respiratory infections because as your lungs heal they start eliminating toxins via mucous buildup? Not a good reason not to quit, but perhaps now is not the best time?
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This is not acceptable.
Ludicrous!
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