A study by the University of Cape Town has revealed that lockdowns and boozing hard went hand in hand, especially for those who tend to binge.
Ahead of this week’s National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) meeting, tighter lockdown restrictions for the festive season are reportedly on the table.
Yes, we can’t stock up on our favourite tipple while the alcohol sales ban continues. You can make sure you’ve got the other boxes ticked, though.
Well done to those who stocked up, and commiserations to those who didn’t. I guess pineapple beer is back with a vengeance.
Last week, South Africa officially entered our third wave. As numbers continue to climb, more voices are coming out in support of restricting the sale of alcohol.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, managed to send out some mixed messages whilst addressing the media earlier today.
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Trading from Monday to Thursday is better than a total alcohol sales ban, but retailers argue that an inability to sell on weekends really stings.
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Following a slight decline in new infections and hospitalisations, the topic of the ban on alcohol sales has been discussed in several meetings over the past week.
In an open letter to President Ramaphosa, key players in the wine industry have said that it won’t survive if the ban on sales and onsite consumption of alcohol continues.
Black market booze sales are flourishing under adjusted alert level 3, with just about everything you can imagine on sale, but at a higher price.
Whilst the origin of the video remains unclear, South Africans have quickly drawn their own conclusions.
If you’ve been busted for committing a crime, you might want to consider not adding to the charges by offering officers a bribe.
Once the voicenote began to spread, South Africans rushed to the bottle store in fear of being caught out once more.
You never, ever want to read the words “jobs” and “bloodbath” in the same sentence, but these are the times in which we live.
It was only a matter of time before the speakeasy was revived, with restaurants desperately trying to stay afloat.
According to sources familiar with discussions during yesterday’s NCCC meeting, chaired by President Ramaphosa, the bans could soon be lifted.
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South Africans selling booze on the black market allege that they bribe, sell to, and drink with, members of the police.
Whilst the ban on the sale of alcohol has been shown to reduce trauma cases at hospitals, there is still some degree of mystery around how these decisions are reached.
Restaurant owners, workers, and industry affiliates have taken to the streets to protest the stringent lockdown rules impacting their businesses.
Under our first round of banned alcohol sales, pineapple prices soared as demand increased. Enter round two, and it’s happening again.
The Restaurant Collective (R|C) has penned an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, outlining ways in which the industry can work with government going forward, and asking for increased assistance.
I hope your liquor cabinet, or wine rack, is fairly well stocked, because there are suggestions that the current ban on the sale of alcohol could last for a while.
The latest Stats SA release, focused on non-retail food and beverages data for April and May 2020, is perhaps best described as a bloodbath.
One of the more infuriating aspects of South Africa’s national lockdown, as we near the completion of 110 full days, is the seemingly arbitrary nature of many of the regulations.
South Africans were left shocked, and having to once again crunch those rationing numbers (welcome, smokers will say), but not quite as shocked as the alcohol industry itself.
A group of restaurants, led by Cape Town-based Chefs Warehouse, filed papers yesterday aimed at forcing the government to allow their patrons to drink alcohol with their meals.