Premier Alan Winde wants the ban scrapped, saying there was now enough space in ICU wards. The province now has a 69% bed capacity including field hospitals.
BLSA’s Tebele Luthuli said in order to save the country's battered economy, government needs to get every cent it can from tax revenue.
The DA said the ban has devastated businesses and workers in the alcohol and cigarette sectors and now needs to be discarded to prioritise livelihoods.
There have been concerns about the increasing incidents in crime and trauma incidents since alcohol was unbanned under Level 3 of the lockdown.
Premier David Makhura said the provincial government wanted evidence to support a decision to ban alcohol sales and would not be swayed by emotions.
The data confirms that on Monday 1 June, South Africa did indeed behave differently to the Monday of the week before, the month before, and three months before.
