Paul Parsons of Ballito writes an open letter to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma:
The initial lockdown was for three weeks which then got extended for a further two weeks before we moved down to Level 4.
Most law-abiding citizens who use alcohol or tobacco made provision for five weeks maximum. Surely you owed us at least one shopping day to restock because we have so far trusted you, the government with our health?
There is a very interesting article on News24 that suggests that nicotine offers potential protection against Covid-19.
This article first surfaced about a month ago on Sky News website.
It was researched in various countries and
I suggest that you read it.
So far, the ban on alcohol and tobacco has cost the government millions in excise duty.
You must lift the ban on cigarettes which has become your personal crusade.
Please don’t let this turn out to be a repeat of Sarafina II. Does it ring a bell, Minister?
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