DStv Channel 403 Thursday, 07 November 2024

Calls for government to smoke out illicit cigarettes

JOHANNESBURG - Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco, BAT South Africa, is calling on the new government of national unity, to prioritise the fight against the illicit tobacco trade.

BAT says the crime drains close to R24-billion annually from tax revenues, and devastates local tobacco farming.

What are they hoping from the new administration?

Johny Moloto, the head of corporate and regulatory affairs for BAT in Sub-Saharan Africa, discussed this with eNCA. 

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