LETTER: WHO’s support for tobacco ban smacks of politics
Why speak out now, just when it is convenient for the government?
05 May 2020 - 18:47
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) attempt to try to give the SA government a get-out-of-jail-free card regarding the fallout from the tobacco ban furore is a perilous overreach and brings into question its independence from politics.
Why did it not comment the day the minister of co-operative governance & traditional affairs announced the extension of the ban? Why speak out now, just when it is convenient for the government?..
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