Black market booze sales are flourishing under adjusted alert level 3, with just about everything you can imagine on sale, but at a higher price.
Whilst the origin of the video remains unclear, South Africans have quickly drawn their own conclusions.
If you’ve been busted for committing a crime, you might want to consider not adding to the charges by offering officers a bribe.
Once the voicenote began to spread, South Africans rushed to the bottle store in fear of being caught out once more.
You never, ever want to read the words “jobs” and “bloodbath” in the same sentence, but these are the times in which we live.
It was only a matter of time before the speakeasy was revived, with restaurants desperately trying to stay afloat.
According to sources familiar with discussions during yesterday’s NCCC meeting, chaired by President Ramaphosa, the bans could soon be lifted.
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South Africans selling booze on the black market allege that they bribe, sell to, and drink with, members of the police.
Whilst the ban on the sale of alcohol has been shown to reduce trauma cases at hospitals, there is still some degree of mystery around how these decisions are reached.
Restaurant owners, workers, and industry affiliates have taken to the streets to protest the stringent lockdown rules impacting their businesses.
Under our first round of banned alcohol sales, pineapple prices soared as demand increased. Enter round two, and it’s happening again.
The Restaurant Collective (R|C) has penned an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, outlining ways in which the industry can work with government going forward, and asking for increased assistance.
I hope your liquor cabinet, or wine rack, is fairly well stocked, because there are suggestions that the current ban on the sale of alcohol could last for a while.
The latest Stats SA release, focused on non-retail food and beverages data for April and May 2020, is perhaps best described as a bloodbath.
One of the more infuriating aspects of South Africa’s national lockdown, as we near the completion of 110 full days, is the seemingly arbitrary nature of many of the regulations.
South Africans were left shocked, and having to once again crunch those rationing numbers (welcome, smokers will say), but not quite as shocked as the alcohol industry itself.
A group of restaurants, led by Cape Town-based Chefs Warehouse, filed papers yesterday aimed at forcing the government to allow their patrons to drink alcohol with their meals.
South Africa was very, very thirsty following what was a lengthy ban on the sale of alcohol, with some familiar favourites snapped up in bulk.
All it takes is one voicenote and the panic begins, so here’s the latest from Minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, on the government’s position.
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If you’ve been dreaming of buying booze on the first morning of alert level 3, you’re not alone. With reduced trading hours, though, liquor stores are worried about total chaos.
Unless South Africans have suddenly developed an obsession for pineapple with every meal, there is something brewing.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that a proposal for a ban on alcohol advertising has been approved by an inter-ministerial committee on substance abuse. The bill is set to include