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28 July 2020 - 16:02Limpopo Tobacco Processors , the biggest supplier of tobacco leaf to domestic buyers in SA, has also called for the ban to be lifted. Picture: SUPPLIED
During the same period, illegal tobacco sellers have been making millions of rands a day selling smuggled cigarettes to South African consumers. This has resulted in a loss of about R4bn in tax revenue for the South African Revenue Service . “Legal tobacco manufacturers have also been adversely affected. This has led to reduced services of long-standing contracts with suppliers and distributors.”
“SA is the only country in the world that has banned cigarettes. There is no justification for it, and we call on government to immediately lift the ban and allow cigarettes to be sold in the same way as before the lockdown.” “We are unable to plan or plant; we are unable to harvest or sell. Soon, our businesses will go down the drain. Black tobacco farming is on the brink of extinction”.
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