alcohol

Cape Town residents lining-up outside a liquor store in Green Point after a hoax message that alcohol sales was about to be banned again went viral. Rumours that had surfaced alleging that the ban on the sale of alcohol would be reinstated on Tuesday evening, were not true. This was according to Cooperative Governance and Traditional…

A court matter to challenge the alcohol ban has been postponed. Saai intends to ask the court to postpone its application to have the ban on wine sales declared unlawful indefinitely.This after government moved the country to lockdown level 2, meaning alcohol can legally be sold.One of the questions before court was whether wine should…

People working in the restaurant industry protests against the South African lockdown restrictions. (Photo by Gallo Images/Nardus Engelbrecht) Liquor traders are losing an estimated R300 million daily due to the ban on the sale of alcohol.Spirits producing company Diageo's Sibani Mngadi said the data government used to ban the sale of liquor, did not include…

Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at UK think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs believes people can consume alcohol safely in their homes(Getty Images) International experts say the ban on the sale of alcohol could will fuel the illicit industry and breed citizen contempt towards the state.South Africa cautions that the ban could also…

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has said government does not have any desire to extend the alcohol ban longer than necessary.She has provided reasons to the court as to why government decided to reimpose the alcohol ban during the lockdown to curb the spread of…