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title: "The Weekend Wrap: a multi-billion rand tobacco bust and a revolutionary reformer's mysteries revealed"
description: "The first edition of the Weekend Wrap looks back at how a massive illicit tobacco network got busted by Sars, and a revolutionary reformer's mysteries revealed in death."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "The Weekend Wrap"
author: "Daily Maverick"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/dailymaverick/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-03-the-weekend-wrap-a-multi-billion-rand-tobacco-bust-and-a-revolutionary-reformers-mysteries-revealed/"
published: "2022-09-03T20:25:51"
updated: "2022-09-03T21:05:41"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# The Weekend Wrap: a multi-billion rand tobacco bust and a revolutionary reformer's mysteries revealed

> The first edition of the Weekend Wrap looks back at how a massive illicit tobacco network got busted by Sars, and a revolutionary reformer's mysteries revealed in death.

By Daily Maverick · Published 3 September 2022, 22:25 SAST · Updated 3 September 2022, 23:05 SAST