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Beer industry calls on Mboweni for tax relief to save jobs and livelihoods

22 February 2021

To help rebuild the local beer industry, Basa urged Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to make a commitment not to increase excise taxes for the forthcoming financial year. File photo: ANA/Armand Hough

SA’s booze industry seeks tax relief after new sales ban

20 January 2021

Alcohol associations in SA said the country’s wine industry ‘faces a grim picture of business closures, job losses, downward price pressure and structural damage to subsectors’.

Govt can’t stop you drinking at home, SAB says – without a state of emergency

15 January 2021

Government’s ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks to save lives is self-defeating, brewer SAB argues in a legal filing.
It is also unconstitutional, SAB says, under the same “right to be left alone” that saw dagga legalised for private use at home.
If the government does want to ban booze, it could perhaps do so under a state of emergency, SAB says, but the fiat use of a state of disaster doesn’t cut it.

More than 1 000 people arrested as Gauteng cops clamp down on festive season crimes

17 December 2020

The Department of Home Affairs and Gauteng Liquor Board formed part of the operations which resulted in arrests and shutting down of illegal liquor stores.

Western Cape Liquor Authority steps up enforcement on errant outlets

17 December 2020

Cape Town – The Western Cape Liquor Authority (WCLA) has stepped up its enforcement activity as part of the province’s efforts to ensure establishments play their part and prevent alcohol-related harms from taking place.

‘People are behaving as if Covid-19 does not exist’: revellers raise red flags

11 December 2020

The Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) has sounded the alarm over liquor outlets and patrons openly flouting health protocols as Covid-19 infections surge in Buffalo City.

16 Days of Activism: Tavern Dialogues seeks to help men confront their demons

24 November 2020

Source: https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/16-days-of-activism-tavern-dialogues-seeks-to-help-men-confront-their-demons-3e04c0db-6d15-446d-9506-10042706a0b5

Cape Town – Men will confront their demons in a series of facilitated dialogues on gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, hosted in taverns around Cape Town this week.

New alcohol proposals for South Africa include higher taxes and ‘minimum pricing’

12 November 2020

Source: https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/447660/new-alcohol-proposals-fo…

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has recommended that government look at further regulations around the sale of alcohol in South Africa in response to its high levels of gender-based violence.