Co-operative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says in court papers that the pandemic ban on tobacco sales is all about the health-care system's ability to cope.
Karrisha Pillay, who is representing co-operative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, in the Cape Town high court on August 6 2020.Her counsel, Karrisha Pillay, spent the morning explaining the rationale behind the minister’s decision and strove to poke holes in her opponents’ evidence. Among other things, Pillay said that, unlike Batsa, Dlamini-Zuma relied on peer-reviewed literature.
Pillay said ventilators — among other apparatus required for Covid-19 treatment — fall under emergency services. She admitted that scientific knowledge of Covid-19 is still evolving and the link between tobacco products and the pandemic is yet to be established.
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