Khumbula! Ngo-December 2017, i-British American Tobacco, iqembu likagwayi lesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni umemezele ukutholwa komkhiqizi Umkhiqizi waseNingizimu Afrika we-"Twisp" e-cigarettes. Namuhla ukuhlanganiswa obekuzokwenzeka kubonakala kuyinkimbinkimbi kunalokho obekulindelwe. Ngempela, abadlali bakagwayi abambalwa okuhlanganisa noPhilip Morris bagunyazwe ukuvota ekuvunyweni kwalokhu kuhlanganiswa.
U-PHILIP MORRIS KANYE NOGWAYI LWEGOLIDE ANGABONA UMBONO NGOKUHLANGANISWA!
Kulandela isinqumo seCompetition Tribunal eNingizimu Afrika. abadlali ababili abakhulu embonini kagwayi bazokwazi ukungenelela ekuhlanganisweni okuhlongozwayo phakathi Ugwayi waseMelika waseBrithani (BAT) kanye nomkhiqizi kagwayi we-elekthronikhi Twisp.
« IGold Leaf Tobacco kanye noPhilip Morris waseNingizimu Afrika bahlonishwe njengabahlanganyeli ezinqubweni ezinkulu eziqhubekayo zokuhlanganisa phakathi kweBritish American Tobacco kanye ne-Twisp.", kusho iTribunal esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngoLwesithathu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izinkampani zivunyelwe ukubamba iqhaza ekulalelweni kokuhlanganiswa kweNkantolo.
Banelungelo lokuthola imibhalo yamacala, bafake izitatimende zofakazi, banikeze ubufakazi enkantolo futhi baphenye ofakazi ngemibuzo, phakathi kokunye. Ekuqaleni, Ikhomishana Yezokuncintisana yayiphakamise eNkantolo ukuthi ivimbele ukuhlangana phakathi kwe-BAT ne-Twisp, ngaphambi kokuhoxisa izincomo ngemva kokufinyelela isivumelwano nezinhlangothi ngemibandela yakhona.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uPhilip Morris waseNingizimu Afrika kanye noGold Leaf Tobacco bafaka isicelo eNkantolo sokuthi ivume ukungenelela ezinqubweni zokuhlanganisa.
« Bathe bazohlinzeka ngolwazi oluzoba usizo eNkantolo ukuze ithathe isinqumo ngokuhlangana.“, kusho iNkantolo.
U-Philip Morris kanye ne-Gold Leaf bazophawula kuphela ngomthelela wokuhlanganiswa esicini sezentengiselwano. Bazokwazi futhi ukunikeza umbono mayelana nezithiyo ezikhulayo zokungena emakethe ye-e-cigarette kanye nemibandela ebekwe yiNkantolo kumaqembu ahlanganisayo.
Usuku lokulalelwa kwalokhu kuhlanganiswa alukanqunywa futhi luzoba "ngokuhamba kwesikhathi", kwengeza iNkantolo.
