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Corrupt practices? Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s swearing-in ceremony in 2013. It is alleged that Brigadier General Asher
Walter Tapfumaneyi facilitated BAT’s proposal to pay a bribe to Mugabe shortly before his re-election. (Alexander Joe)

Council wants Hawks, SIU probe into BAT’s Zimbabwe scandal

The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors

British American Tobacco have been linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of between $300 000 and $500 000 to Robert Mugabe to get certain people released from jail.

British American Tobacco agents brokered Mugabe bribe proposal

Proposed bribe to Zanu-PF was co-ordinated by South African private security company FSS

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sars plan for illicit tobacco still being refined

Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last

Where there’s smoke: An investigation by anti-tobacco nonprofit the  Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids found companies were paying young influencers to secretly advertise cigarettes on social media. (Instagram)

A new smoke signal: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?

Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?

Confronted with the evidence of a prevalence of underage tobacco use, the Nigerian government has expressed outrage and has continued to make pronouncements without much action. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

We must act now to save Nigeria’s generation of ‘tobacco babies’

Muzzled by stringent laws and diligent implementation in the West, the tobacco industry has turned its sights to sub-Saharan Africa

Mergers and acquisitions are directly affected by business confidence, which is influenced by, among many other things, who is the president of the country

Mergers and acquisitions in a tough economic time

Often, owners of struggling businesses agree gladly to being bought out

New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly products.

Tobacco ‘epidemic’ in Africa fuelled by fewer filters

Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012

The law

Big Tobacco in bed with SA law enforcement agencies

A probe into the tobacco industry can show how two companies have used their resources to influence SA state agencies to protect their interests.

British American Tobacco: Sin still sells, in SA and abroad

Lower volumes do little to hurt British American Tobacco’s profits and the demand for its shares.

Show me the money

Show me the money

Difficult economic times are seeing employers negotiating a myriad of challenges, including demands for salary increases and better packages.