Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has shown no shame after being caught out inflating the number of submissions in favour of the ban
The cat is out of the bag. Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has admitted to the high court — but not to the nation on national television where she first punted her false statement — that there were never more than 2,000 submissions in favour of retaining the ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.
This despite the president’s earlier announcement that cigarette sales would legally resume. Note too that her wiping Cyril Ramaphosa’s earlier announcement off the table happened without as much as a flinch; the minister made not the slightest attempt to explain her sudden U-turn while addressing us mere underlings on TV at the time.
The mind boggles: SA health department statistics show that the number of people who die from alcohol-related injuries and illnesses outstrips the number who die from smoking tobacco. Despite this, the government partially lifted the ban on alcohol — not cigarettes!
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