Parliament's portfolio committee on police is concerned about the high number of liquor outlets in Thembisa on the East Rand and has urged the Gauteng Liquor Board to review its processes for issuing liquor licences to taverns and shebeens.
“The committee is concerned that there are 189 legal taverns and eight off-site liquor outlets in the area. The committee has urged the Gauteng Liquor Board to review its processes for issuing licences for taverns and shebeens primarily because substance abuse is one of the causal factors for the high crime rate in the area,” the committee said in a statement.
“Their patrons just park their vehicles everywhere and block the streets most of the time. Sector vehicles sometimes can’t even pass there,” Mawela said.
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