LETTER: No apologies and no explanations for false cigarette claims
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has shown no shame after being caught out inflating the number of submissions in favour of the ban
08 June 2020 - 17:15
The cat is out of the bag. Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has admitted to the high court — but not to the nation on national television where she first punted her false statement — that there were never more than 2,000 submissions in favour of retaining the ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.
Quite something considering that the alleged 2,000-plus submissions formed the basis of her argument when she retained the controversial ban on cigarette sales during level 4 of the lockdown...
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