Members of the public are prohibited from transporting alcohol outside of level 3 trading hours.

This means that transporting booze is prohibited on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

“People must be warned that from 5 pm on Thursday until Monday morning at 9 am, no one is allowed to transport alcohol except for those that are actually licensed to do so,” Naidoo said, reiterating that “any other time beyond that will be a contravention of the regulations”.

According to Naidoo only licensed traders are permitted to transport alcohol outside of the trading hours for the purposes of restocking retail outlets.