The following media statement is issued by the South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance in response to the publication of independent research into the booming trade in illicit tobacco products. The...

The following statement is issued in response to the court ruling that Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma can appeal the Western Cape High Court’s decision that the lockdown ban on tobacco sales...

The following statement is issued by the South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) in response to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s announcement of an 8% increase in the excise charge on...

The South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) calls for an urgent investigation into revelations of an illicit international axis involving Zimbabwean tobacco smugglers, South African business, and the Chinese state...

THE SA Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) has called for urgent action from authorities in the wake of eNCA’s damning report on the illicit cigarette trade. Tuesday’s Crime Watch show, featuring...

The self-styled Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Alliance (FITA) is nothing more than a front group for the beneficiaries of the explosion in the illegal trade of cigarettes as a result...

By Zacharia Motsumi As South Africa prepares to hear Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s medium-term budget speech this week, it is becoming increasingly clear that the country needs a new post-COVID19...

The South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) has launched a national campaign to draw attention to the massive number of livelihoods that are at risk if government continues with its...

Dear Mr President, On the 23 March 2020 you stood before us all, your people and announced a nationwide lockdown. In that address Mr President, you also made the following...

South Africa’s tobacco industry has warned that the national lockdown regulations banning the sale of cigarettes could turn the country’s 11 million smokers into criminals. “If people can't buy little...