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‘This is cruelty’: cig makers, NDZ exchange blows in court

11 June 2020 - 05:50 By ERNEST MABUZA
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Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. File photo
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. File photo
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

The cigarette ban was designed to beat smokers into submission, the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association argued in court.​

But the minister's advocate was having none of it.

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