SA tobacco ban

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The discussion refers to the interest of Politicians in the illegal cigarette trade which is rife in SA,  In his book in the Zuma years of Government, Jacques Pauw dealt with the issue as well and it transpired that one of the key figures in the trade was one of Jacob Zuma's sons.

The system was so crooked that the Government used a totally crooked  story to get rid of Van Loggerenberg and others because of there investigation of the crooks - they acted n the same way as for instance Obama did with General Flynn - in other words to silence the guy under false pretenses,   What happened was totally illegal and was before the SA Courts and it was thrown out by the Courts,   It even ended up before the Zondo Commission of Enquiry,

So what let to the ban - it has without doubt nothing to do with health and everything to do with  who benefit from the illegal trade.  The Government banned and the illegal trade flourished,  In the blackmarket the price went up by as much as 400% so the profiteers are making massive profits, something they could not believe that they would be so lucky as to happen to them.

On 11 May a report reached the internet that  storerooms were raided and they found cigarettes and liquor to the value of R25 million and the matter was kept secret and out of the media, but it surfaced with photos on Facebook.  Who was the owner of the storerooms?  Allegedly the same son of Jacob Zuma.   

Dr Zuma, who announced the ban was an ex-wife of Zuma supposedly divorced from Jacob Zuma, but still a regular visitor to his home in Nkandla and at times stayed there,   The nasties even claimed she is part-owner of the loot discovered in the storerooms I mentioned.

The ban is effective in the main Supermarkets and major shopping outlets and a farce outside of it.   In a recent report it took newspaper reporters less than 5 minutes to find sellers,  All  transactions are in cash and the profits are massive,

So who gains from the ban -  most certainly the crooks attached to crooked politicians,   Ramaphosa announced the end of the ban and a few days later Dr Zuma countermanded the decision.   Ask yourself why?   I believe there are crooks that is using their political connections to make a huge profit out of it and a major part of the profit goes back to the politicians.  ,           

Just have a look at it the size of the trade and it is clear that the profits are massive,  In the lockdown period is is probably more than a billion Rand involved in the illicit trade thus far,   The sufferers are the poor who smokes and there are already riots in the townships where the poor lives because of effects the lockdown have on them.        .                    

Luckily it's harvest season for zol...mw hahahaha

LOL

Do you think the crooked politicians are not involve in that trade as well?.    

Plum, am i right or am i right, smoking bob hope in SA aint illegal?

I don't believe the smoking of corpses is permitted anywhere in the world, Blo.

If you're asking about weed, yes it's legal now. You can grow your own, smoke and carry privately . The issues are around quantities because distribution is not allowed outside of medicals.

An example, I can walk into a police station with MJ on me. I can tell them it's in my pocket and there is nothing they can do. If I take it out of my pocket to show them, I'll get arrested.

Haha Nothing like MJ laws to make you question the legal system.

Spaced out d oppers are easier to control. 

Then SharkVis must be the biggest pothead in the world!

Keith Richards snorted this own fathers ashes from an urn. No one can beat that.

http://www.today.com/id/17933669/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/keith-richards-says-he-snorted-fathers-ashes/#.Xr6IkWhKhPY

@Bum Plum, mentioning me on threads where I have not even commented yet... Your obsession runs deep. The lost puppy seeking his master...