by sundelbolong | May 26, 2020 | Business & Finance News
South Africa’s alcoholic-beverage makers are pushing the government to allow smaller bars to convert into drink-collection points when a nationwide ban on sales is lifted next week. Allowing taverns in poorer communities to sell alcohol for home drinking will prevent...
by sundelbolong | May 17, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Converting bars into beer-collection points and staggering liquor-store opening hours: Just two of the proposals put to South Africa’s government by drinks makers desperate to lift a 50-day ban on alcohol sales. Industry leaders met with government officials on Friday...
by sundelbolong | May 5, 2020 | Business & Finance News
The coronavirus pandemic has brought numerous health and economic challenges that have resulted in the imposition of a ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes in the economy. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has estimated that the economy lost approximately...
by sundelbolong | Apr 30, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Some 1.5 million people are expected to return to work as South Africa eases out of a hard lockdown, with new regulations allowing for the return of a range of sectors from beekeeping to recycling. But hairdressing, cigarette and liquor sales didn’t make the...
by sundelbolong | Apr 29, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Come Friday, cigarettes will still not be allowed to be sold at level four of lockdown. The u-turn comes after government received over 2 000 submissions from the public opposing the sale of tobacco products, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs...
