Tag: alcohol ban

Government's order to keep liquor stores closed on weekends was not recommended by the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, and alcohol traders and industry representatives are taken aback yet again.

As economic recovery efforts in the alcohol industry grinds forward, the next worry on the horizon is the vaccine mandate seemingly considered in government circles.

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The alcohol sales bans over the last 15 months have not only plunged wine and barley farmers in crisis. Furthermore, the illicit trade sales by volume have now overtaken the ...

The alcohol sales ban has been lifted, but don’t be fooled: government won’t hesitate to impose another ban if Covid-19 continues to surge. Alcohol consumers have to play their part ...

Today, Vinpro finally heads to the Cape High Court to try and have the ban on alcohol sales lifted. The four bans over the last 18 months have wiped out ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to extend the alcohol ban by 14 more days was met with backlash from the industry. As a result, Western Cape MEC for agriculture, Dr Ivan ...

The alcohol and restaurant industries warn they are bleeding to death while government looks on. The Rasa boss tells us, “We are not food caravans and food trailers. We are ...

After months of little to no income as a result of government’s Covid-19 regulations, South Africa’s first black woman to have owned a microbrewery has called it quits. Brewsters Craft ...

The wine industry body Vinpro has launched an urgent interim interdict application to lift the ban on the sale of wine in the Western Cape in a bid to seek ...