Alcohol ban
9 people arrested after alcohol worth R600k seized in Cape Town
Crime intelligence operatives and Anti-Gang Unit members had been probing allegations of illegal liquor trading involving a Paarl farm and a premises in the...
Officers received information that two popular restaurants one in Sandton and the other in Silverton, Pretoria, were selling booze to customers against level 3 lockdown regulations.
Authorities were responding to a tip-off on Friday night about a house where illegal liquor concoctions were being sold.
Police identified that the incident occurred in Centurion, Tshwane.
The provincial Health Department said more beds have been freed up hospitals.
It’s also calling on South African Breweries to withdraw its legal challenge to government's decision to temporarily suspend the transportation and sale of alcohol.
The president expressed concern that the rising new infections continued to burden the health system, especially in key provinces.
Liquor brands never seen before are being illegally sold in the country without passing any of the specified liquor standards.
The provincial Health Cape Department said this has helped them with more beds being available in hospitals.
South African Breweries is going to court to challenge government’s alcohol sales ban.
KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala thanked residents for adhering to lockdown regulations, which he said allowed hospital staff to focus on other patients.
Less than a week into the national alcohol prohibition, the liquor industry said it was seeing signs of a rise in the illicit trade.
Under the current level 3 lockdown restrictions, the sale of liquor is banned until 15 January.
Speaking on 28 December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The president said alcohol consumption was a major contributing factor to the spread of the virus.
It wants restrictions for drinking in public during the holidays.
The president was responding to questions in the NCOP yesterday where he addressed rumours doing the rounds of a possible return to stricter regulations.
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the extent of the problem, and it became clear that there was a need for more effective legislative measures to reduce alcohol-related harm.
On 702's The Money Show, Distell Group CEO Richard Rushton quantified the 'dramatic' impact of the ban on the sale of alcohol during the lockdown and speculated about recovery for the alcohol industry.
"For all this to have taken place is really bad and I do hope that they find the source of the voice note," said Restaurant Association of South Africa CEO Wendy Alberts.