The tobacco ban is no doubt driven by those within the ranks of the ANC whose wish is to alienate President Cyril Ramaphosa from his support base. Not to mention their greed to profit from it. The same can be said for the ill-considered ban on liquor sales.

The interests of the law-abiding majority are trumped by the reckless behaviour of the few, driven by those who are in a position to exercise a desire for total control. It is a classic Marxist power play, in which centralised power becomes the new all-embracing god. ..

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