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Lockdown be damned! If you’re in rehab, you can have a fag

06 August 2020 - 06:19 By Philani Nombembe
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Did the Gauteng government flout Covid-19 regulations?
Did the Gauteng government flout Covid-19 regulations?
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The Gauteng health department shipped cigarettes to a rehabilitation centre in the midst of the smoking ban, the high court has heard​​.

It also heard from a recovering drug addict, to illustrate the “unjustifiable and unlawful” ban.

 

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