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Black tobacco farmers want Sars to do more to combat illicit trade
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They say that the livelihoods of hundreds of emerging tobacco farmers are under threat because of the illicit tobacco trade

The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association has called on Sars to do more to tackle the illicit tobacco trade which it says is directly threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of emerging farmers across the country.

The Tobacco Institute of SA estimates that the fiscus is losing more than R10bn annually in unpaid excise duties on cigarettes.

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