Cigarette buying frenzy due to tighter lockdown rumours
By Zelda Venter
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Pretoria - Smokers are not getting caught without their fix again, and as rumours abound of tighter lockdown regulations coming, they are ensuring they stock up.
During the hard lockdown, when the sale of tobacco products was banned overnight, smokers resorted to all kinds of shady deals, paying exorbitant prices for cigarettes on the illegal market.
With fears that the president will have another “family meeting” any day now, and announce further restrictions on top of an alcohol ban and curfew, favourite brands are flying off the shelf.
Tuesday 29 December 2020 - 5:30pm
Surpassing 1 million COVID-19 cases - and non-compliance sent South Africa back to Lockdown Level 3. On Monday President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the surge in cases during the festive season forced government s hand. #eNCA Courtesy #DStv403
JOHANNESBURG - Surpassing 1 million COVID-19 cases - and non-compliance sent South Africa back to Lockdown Level 3.
On Monday President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the surge in cases during the festive season forced government s hand.
Ministers of the National Coronavirus Command Council have explained what some of these measures mean for South Africans.
First on the list in trying to contain the spread, is an extension to the curfew from 6am to 9pm.