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