10-07-2025
Illicit cigarettes flood local market
JOHANNESBURG - The Tobacco Transformation Alliance says the entire South African tobacco industry is in jeopardy because of criminal networks.
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It says the expansion of the illicit sector is endangering the last remaining jobs in the industry and causing the government to lose out on tax revenue of approximately R28 billion annually? Francois van der Merve from the South African Tobaco Transformation Alliance discussed this with eNCA.
