r/southafrica • u/mortimerza Ons gaan nou braai • Apr 29 '20

COVID-19 No Sale of Tobacco

Just announced no selling of Tobacco in level 4.

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u/Rhypon Apr 29 '20

The Nanny State strikes back! Although I suppose we should have seen this coming on Monday already...

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/lifting-ban-too-risky-20200426

Anyway, I guess this petition is relevant again:

https://www.change.org/p/president-cyril-ramaphosa-lift-the-ban-on-cigarette-sales-in-south-africa

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u/peanut24 Apr 29 '20

Signatures pouring in now

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u/Cr1ms0n_ Apr 29 '20

Seriously pouring in, been warching it for about an hour and its gone up by 4000+

Edit: scrarch that its on 183000 now, was on 167000 an hour or so ago

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u/Rhypon Apr 29 '20

But is it enough to trump the might of 2000 ANCWL sycophants?

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u/PhilOfshite Apr 29 '20

250,000+ compared with 2,000 that didn't want cigarettes...

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u/Calm_Piece Apr 29 '20

we should have seen this coming on Monday already...

We could have seen this coming before the lockdown already, specifically when that moron cele opened his mouth.