The legal fight against the ban on the sale of tobacco products has suffered numerous setbacks recently, but a lobby group is determined to have their voices heard. Covid19inSA coronaviruspandemic
The protest, under the banner #SmokersUniteSA will take the form of a slow drive departing simultaneously from various assembly points including Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Nelspruit and Pretoria.
"This is not only for the millions in South Africa who smoke but also for the friends of smokers who want our violated rights given back, for the thousands of workers at the tobacco factories and the tobacco farmers who can't work," said Maclean. British American Tobacco SA's challenge to the ban was also dealt a blow when the Western Cape High Court placed it on the roll for August. Batsa had indicated that the matter was urgent and had hoped to have the case heard in the last week of June.
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