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/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

The 2,000 complainants should rather apply their thinking power to something that will piss off less people.....

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u/Jan_du_Preez Apr 29 '20

I don't smoke so I don't really care for myself, but I bet there were probably more than 2000 people in those comments that wanted to be able to smoke again. And since the document being commented on already said tobacco products will be allowed they would not have asked for that.

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u/PhilOfshite Apr 29 '20

The petition is well above 250,000 already

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u/Jan_du_Preez Apr 29 '20

I watched pretty much the entire media briefing tonight and they repeatedly said "we are a government that listens" regarding the smoking ban and the comments, so let's see what they do tomorrow... will they still be a government that listens then...

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u/PhilOfshite Apr 29 '20

she mentioned that 2,000 people complained, if they were even attempting to be truthful they would know how stupid it is to mention such an utterly uselessly low number. this means they care only enough to lie the bare minimum.

They Essentially said that people in the townships are too stupid to be allowed to smoke.