Ahead of this week’s National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) meeting, tighter lockdown restrictions for the festive season are reportedly on the table.
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.
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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.
Don’t rule out another ban. WallStreetBets Hollywood deal. Kony soldier convicted. Framing Britney Spears.
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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.
W Cape wants “immediate” alcohol sales. Shooting near White House. Former McDonald’s boss sued over workplace relationships. Victoria’s Secret mogul feeling Epstein pinch.
South Africans selling booze on the black market allege that they bribe, sell to, and drink with, members of the police.
The government is looking at a new proposal to lift the alcohol ban in South Africa, following protests and job losses.
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.
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.
South Africa was very, very thirsty following what was a lengthy ban on the sale of alcohol, with some familiar favourites snapped up in bulk.
All it takes is one voicenote and the panic begins, so here’s the latest from Minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, on the government’s position.
Yesterday, WhatsApp messages started doing the rounds, and South Africans rushed to stock up their liquor supplies. That panic was unfounded, but some of the reasoning isn’t.