Media release from the Eastern Cape Liquor Board The sale of alcohol remains prohibited under Alert level 4 as stipulated in terms of the revised Regulation 44 of the National Disaster Management Act. This means that the sale, dispensing…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize’s latest take on the ban on the sales and distribution of alcohol has again spraked debate online. Speaking during his visit to health-care centres in KwaZulu-Natal this week, Mkhize said the ban has assisted…
Popular Johannesburg eatery The Local Grill will be unable to keep its doors open beyond the end of January if the alcohol ban continues, its owner Steven Maresch said in court papers on Tuesday. Maresch’s affidavit is one of five…
Small business owner to challenge constitutionality of the ban Alcohol distribution company owner Alistair Shapiro is not going to let the third alcohol sales ban grind his business and lifeblood to a halt. Not two days after the…
South African Breweries (SAB) has bemoaned the ban on alcohol sales as the country returned to level three restrictions, adding that the alcohol sector could not be the scapegoat for the rising number of Covid-19 infections. “We cannot…
The SA alcohol industry is calling for a review of the renewed liquor ban as soon as possible, saying there are alternative measures to a full prohibition to tackle the spike in Covid-19 infections. President Cyril Ramaphosa has…
Herewith the new lockdown level 3 regulations.
SA liquor traders appealed to the government on Sunday not to impose a total ban on alcohol sales in response to an exponential rise in Covid-19 infections. Fresh restrictions could be imposed after the national coronavirus command…
“It was like Christmas!” said Eric Matondo, manager of Harley’s Liquor in Cape Town, the morning after a spike in booze sales on Tuesday afternoon. “People were buying box wine, champagne, spirits, beers, cider, everything. I had to send…
Alcohol distributors, together with other businesses affected by SA’s booze ban, want the Medical Research Council (SAMRC) report which supported the ban reviewed. The distributors, under the banner of the Alcohol Coalition, have started…
The government’s decision to ban the sale of alcohol is “incredibly mysterious”, says a member of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee, Prof Francois Venter. In an interview on eNCA, Venter said the government’s decision to ban…
From The South African It’s either the most casual announcement of a major policy shift, or something’s gone wrong. Alcohol and cigarettes may now be banned ‘throughout lockdown’. For those reading on in horror, it will seem like a…
“The ban on the sale of wine affects my total trading ability. It negates me as a business.” These are the words of Schalk Burger Snr, owner of the Welbedacht Wine Estate in Wellington in the Western Cape. He says the ban on the sale of…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced that a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol would take effect immediately. The decision has been met with mixed reaction from various sectors. Some have argued that this…
The government’s ban on the sale of alcohol during the lockdown was reinstated without warning on Sunday night, and without considering the industry’s attempts to address behavioural changes around problem drinking. This is the reaction…
