The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) which represents the majority of local manufacturers wants regulations that give the South African Revenue Service (Sars) power to install CCTV cameras at factories to be declared unlawful and unconstitutional by the courts.
Clement Manyathela speaks with the Health Department s Dr Lynn Moeng-Mahlangu, Asanda Gcoyi, the chief executive of Vapour Products Association of South Africa and Sinenhlanhla Mnguni, the chair of the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association.
The South African Revenue Service has caught buccaneer capitalist Simon Rudland and his associates managing a transnational plunder network that involves billions in illicit tobacco and gold cash.