President Cyril Ramaphosa President Ramaphosa can't say when the cigarette ban would be lifted.It will depend on the progression of Covid-19 and the readiness of the health system, he told Parliament. He said the decision to ban wasn't taken lightly.It is difficult to say when exactly the cigarette ban will be lifted, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…
The DA laid a charge against Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma with Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests over the cigarette ban.Dlamini-Zuma said 2 000 public submissions supported the continuation of the ban, but according to FITA's count, only 23% of 1 535 submissions supported the ban.According to the DA, this is in contravention of…
ourt challenge which the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) lodged, does not correspond with the statements she made on 29 April when she addressed the nation.READ | Tobacco giant goes to court again over cigarette banDuring her address, Dlamini-Zuma shocked the country when she announced that the cigarette sales ban would remain in place…
Smoke and mirrors: 4 minutes – that's how long it took to find banned cigarettes during lockdownThe UCT survey, conducted by the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, took place between April 29 and May 11. More than 16 000 respondents filled out the survey. From these responses, 12 204 analysable observations were derived.…
Brazen robbers, in possession of cigarettes and cash worth tens of thousands, were arrested after a thwarted getaway in the Cape Town city centre on Thursday.According to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID), the robbers had held up a convenience store."The robbery happened in broad daylight at Friend's Café, on the corner of…
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The
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