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The market for cigarettes has changed significantly due to the tobacco sales ban, the NIDS-CRAM survey shows. Picture: iStock/Gallo Images
The tobacco sales ban is estimated to have cost government R5.8 billion in excise revenues, the latest study by the National Income Dynamics Study- Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) shows. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed stark inequalities and fissures in societies around the world. One of these ruptures has been the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women. In South Africa, women have suffered severe economic and social impacts from the lockdown that was imposed to curb the spread of the virus.
The National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) investigates the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown conditions. Results from the first wave of the NIDS-CRAM survey show that net job losses between February and April were higher for women than for men. Women accounted for two-thirds of the total net job losses. Women are more likely than men to live in households that reported running out of money for food in April 2020. In addition, more women than men are living with children and spending more hours on childcare since the start of the lockdown.
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