British American Tobacco Faces South African Govt Over Cigarette Ban
BATSA’s challenge of cigarette ban to be heard in Western Cape High Court on Wednesday and Thursday.British American Tobacco South Africa went to court on Wednesday for the first day of hearings in a case against a government-imposed ban on tobacco sales to limit the spread of coronavirus.
BATSA, which covers 78 percent of the legal cigarette market in South Africa, decided to sue the state in May after talks with the government fell through. Government representative Andrew Breitenbach argued the case was about “lives and livelihoods” but said the minister behind the ban had “taken steps” to allow trade between tobacco producers and cigarette manufacturers.
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