NEWS RELATED TO alcohol-ban

Courts

NDZ and Cyril’s sneaky booze ban

Don’t punish us for entering liquor industry, women tavern owners say

Lockdown increases alcohol consumption in people with alcohol use disorders – study

Lockdown: Western Cape wants alcohol ban lifted urgently

News

Alcohol ban: Liquor traders losing an estimated R300m a day

Courts

Dlamini-Zuma disputes Chefs Warehouse’s reasons to lift alcohol ban in restaurants

Govt still hasn’t answered us on relief funds, tavern owners cry

SA not yet at ‘point’ to lift booze, tobacco sales ban – Mkhize

Alcohol ban should not be lifted just yet – DA’s Makashule Gana at odds with party’s position

Crime

Protea Glen tavern owner arrested for selling alcohol, bribery

Heineken won’t shut down as widely reported, despite challenges faced

SAB pulls the plug on its R2.5bn investment due to alcohol ban

Relaxing booze ban too little too late for SAB plant and workers

Crime

EC health MEC’s personal messenger arrested for transporting alcohol in govt car

Booze ban puts black-owned business development on ice

Corona kills Heineken SA production, halts R6bn expansion plans

Crime

Cops seize 246 boxes of liquor, illicit cigarettes and arrest seven

Alcohol is not the real problem

My beef about bossy people

Ramaphosa: Schools to close for four weeks as Covid-19 infections rise

Government speaks with forked tongue

Keep the ban, Cyril

Alcohol could be back on the shelves in 7 weeks

Liquor associations calls for extension on payment of excise duties

Liquor traders call on government to pay back licence fees

Alcohol ban could see ‘tens of thousands’ of jobs lost

Condoms, Klippies and Coke are the future of booze smuggling

Government is using booze ban as cop-out

Liquor traders demand more than R680m in relief funds for taverns, shebeens

Durban July’s planned booze virtual lounge cancelled, money refunded

Mkhize releases WC study showing increased trauma cases after alcohol ban lifted

Crime

KZN cops arrest two men for transporting alcohol

Crime

Cele says there’s something ‘funny’ about thieves who cleared out whiskey stock at bottle store

Crime

If found with alcohol in public, convictions will result in fines or jail – Cele

100% taxi capacity will do nothing to slow transmission says top expert

Crime

Four arrested in Midrand for contravening booze regulations, not wearing face masks

Celebs And Viral

Cassper Nyovest flaunts huge liquor stockpile

Ramaphosa plays political game

Health

Booze being made a scapegoat for poor preparation?

I’m so over this hangover, Cyril

Industry had no warning on new alcohol ban, R18bn already down the drain

News

Ramaphosa, govt slammed from all sides on new alcohol ban

Craft beer industry faces uncertain future

Virus booze ban’s headache to affect tens of thousands for years to come

Courts

Cops in court for allegedly stealing alcohol during Level 4 lockdown

Liquor traders arrested in KZN following violation of Covid-19 regulations

More support for booze ban

Ramaphosa refers Liquor Bill back to parly, wants input from traditional leaders

Cele slams ANC’s anti-police brutality campaign, says alcohol ban should’ve stayed

News

Cele says 31% of S. Africans consume alcohol at expense of whole nation

News

EC, liquor traders resolve to work together to fight alcohol abuse during lockdown

Calls for new booze ban in EC growing

Alcohol industry denies new booze ban claims on social media

Government denies reinstating alcohol ban amid calls for its return

No way public will allow ban on booze sales to return

Government can’t wish away booze

It was a queue worth waiting two months for

EFF unhappy people buying booze, will blame Ramaphosa personally for trauma deaths

Health

Gauteng will not keep hotspots stuck at Level 4 when country moves to Level 3

Crime

Suspects nabbed in Limpopo for illicit cigarettes remanded in custody

Ex-editors of SA Medical Journal slam alcohol ban, as industry says it was always irrational

Four in court for allegedly buying or selling liquor during lockdown

Crime

KZN residents scammed out of thousands while trying to illegally buy alcohol

The daily hustle of the booming black market

Crime

Nothing good comes from alcohol, says Cele following visit to Bobo’s home

Cele says possibility of moving to lockdown level 3 is being discussed

A sobering thought on government’s booze ban

SAB could dump 400 million bottles of ‘dumpy’ beer due to lockdown

Crime

13 million litres of alcohol confiscated in Limpopo since start of lockdown

Crime

Four arrested for allegedly selling alcohol during lockdown

Crime

18 Northern Cape residents arrested after going on ‘rampage’, demanding liquor and cigarettes

Mboweni ‘didn’t like ban on alcohol, cigarette sales’, but ‘lost the debate’

SA has lost over R1.5bn in revenue due to alcohol, tobacco sale ban – Kieswetter

Crime

No, Cele, drop in crime isn’t due to alcohol ban – experts

SABC warns that tweet about alcohol being sold from Monday is fake