According to documents seen by the BBC program ‘Panorama’, British American Tobacco’s (BAT) private spies were caught spying on Savanna Tobacco’s factory, in Zimbabwe in 2012. After paying for talks with high-ranking Zanu PF members, about a donation of up to half a million dollars, the 3 spies were released. BAT is the manufacturer of Lucky Strike cigarettes and is one of the largest companies in the UK, where the multinational tobacco monopoly is headquartered in London.
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Did Tobacco Giant BAT Give Mugabe Up to $500,000 to Release Their Private Spies in 2012? – Leaked Documents
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Sin taxes are increasing – South Africans are going to have to pay more for cigarettes
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According to the Tobacco Institute of SA (Tisa), the country loses approximately R8 billion annually due to the increase in the sale of illegal cigarettes. Sales from July 2018 increased from 33.4% to 41.8% in October 2018. According to the chairman of Tisa, Francois van der Merwe, the cigarettes are manufactured locally, but no indication..
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SAPS constable caught in action when trying to smuggle drugs and weapons into Western-Cape prison
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A 43-year-old police constable has been arrested for the possession contraband which he allegedly intended to be smuggle into prisons. Police spokesperson, FC van Wyk, says officers acted on a tip-off and caught the suspect in possession of 329 grams of dagga, two knives, a bottle of whiskey, cigarettes and tobacco. He says the suspect..
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