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Restaurants endure ‘punishing’ wait for liquor licences, RASA claims

23 Nov 2021

The Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) says many business owners are having to endure a punishing wait for liquor licence approvals and renewals from the relevant authorities.

Reprinted from East Coast Radio News, by Steve Benghu – 2021-11-19

The Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) says many business owners are having to endure a punishing wait for liquor licence approvals and renewals from the relevant authorities.

“Some restaurants haven’t even been put on the roll and those were submitted six, eight, nine months ago,” says CEO Wendy Alberts.

Alberts says they have been fielding complaints from businesses across the country, with many claiming their provincial liquor boards are dragging their feet.

She says the wait’s hurting the already struggling sector.

“We are sitting with a list of more 125 restaurants who have not been supported by getting their renewals and their licences issued timeously.

“They blame that the inability to get the licences is due to the performance of lockdown, load shedding and these are miserable excuses.”

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Liquor traders call for state of emergency, but Casac says better policing is the answer

15 Jul 2021
Reprinted from City Press, by staff reporter – 2021-07-15
While the SA Liquor Brand Owners Association (Salba) and the National Liquor Traders Council have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa urgently calling on government to declare a state of emergency to protect people and businesses in areas affected by the continuing unrest, the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution (Casac) has called for better policing.On Wednesday, the liquor industry urged government to declare a state of emergency as more than 200 liquor shops had been looted in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
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Easter rules are needed, say liquor makers – but don’t ban booze until hospitals get full

26 Mar 2021
  • Easter weekend, and a potential third wave of coronavirus infections, requires swift action, says the alcohol industry.
  • That should not include any restrictions on alcohol sales again, though, not unless hospitals get full again.
  • It is also pre-emptively arguing against restricting inter-provincial travel again.
  • Instead the government should impose as longer curfew, and restrict gatherings to fewer people again, booze makers say.
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City of Cape Town has collected R26 000 in Covid-19 non-compliance fines

13 Mar 2021

Source:https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/city-of-cape-town-has-collected-r26-000-in-covid-19-non-compliance-fines-f1de47b4-d860-4ee7-ba42-653a42375892

Cape Town – The City last week collected R26 000 in fines for non-adherence to Covid-19 rules, as its environmental health staff continue to carry out compliance inspections at a range of premises, including funeral homes, shops and even Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres.

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No new tax measures – but you will pay more if you drink and smoke

1 Mar 2021

Consumers of alcohol and tobacco products will pay 8% more in excise duties.

  • In light of improvements in tax revenue collections in recent months, government has withdrawn a proposal to introduce tax measures to raise revenue by R40 billion over the next four years.
  • However, this year it will implement increases to indirect taxes – mainly an 8% increase in excise duties on tobacco and alcohol as well as inflation-linked increases in the fuel levy.
  • Tax revenue estimates are R99.6 billion higher than what was projected in October 2020 – reducing the tax revenue shortfall to R213 billion.

South Africans have been spared increases on their direct taxes, but they will have to fork out more money for alcohol and tobacco products.

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