Liquor stores open in Level 2 lockdown

JOHANNESBURG – Two of our local liquor shops were not as busy as the last time alcohol restrictions were eased.

August 19, 2020

Naidine Sibanda 1 minute read

Customers purchase alcoholic drinks in bulk. Photo: Naidine Sibanda

With the move to lockdown Level 2 also came the opening of bottle stores and liquor shops.

Level 2 was implemented on the morning of 18 August and marked the second easing of alcohol restrictions since the beginning of the lockdown in March.

It’s a busy morning for clients buying their liquor. Photo: Naidine Sibanda

When liquor stores opened for the first time on 1 June, patrons had filled up the shops in anticipation; this time, however, the same shops that the Rosebank Killarney Gazette had visited were not that busy.

At Savoy Liquors, there was just a moderate number of customers coming in and out with no long queues at all. One of the security guards around said there hadn’t been an overwhelming queue of customers even in the very early hours of the morning and he assumed it was because most people had not been paid yet.

Savoy Liquors is not too busy. Photo: Naidine Sibanda

Ultra Liquors in Bramley was moderately busy with only one queue as compared to the multiple queues on 1 June. It appeared smaller bottle store owners were doing most of the purchasing as they loaded lots of alcohol crates into their vans and trucks.

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August 19, 2020

Naidine Sibanda 1 minute read

Naidine Sibanda

Naidine Sibanda is Bedfordview and Edenvale News’ senior journalist. A University of Johannesburg journalism graduate, she began her career with TEACH South Africa before moving into community reporting at Caxton’s Rosebank Killarney Gazette, where she rose to senior journalist and earned recognition in the FCJ Awards. She also worked as communications officer for the James and Ethel Gray Park Foundation. Passionate about amplifying community voices, Naidine looks forward to highlighting both challenges and achievements in Bedfordview and Edenvale areas.