From: IOL
Bongani Mabusela | Opinion
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The publication of Jacques Pauw’s book, The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison, has jolted the public’s consciousness of the criminal enterprise of illicit tobacco trading and how this intersects with our politics. Predictably, there has been much hype about the corroding influence of this trade on our body politic and the resultant “capture” of our leadership.
Our outrage at the deep rot in our body politic should, however, not blind us to a real concern; that is, cheap tobacco is a big problem for our communities, especially the youth and the poor.
