The ban on cigarettes is handing our income to criminals, say traders
24 May 2020 - 00:00
On Tuesday, the South African Informal Traders Alliance (Saita), the national voice of hawkers, spaza shop owners and home-based operators working across SA, pleaded with the government to urgently lift the ban on tobacco sales, as it is diverting much-needed income from the informal trade to illicit criminal networks. ..
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