The pub owner believes he was not breaking the law until a different judgment on the lockdown regulations being unconstitutional is handed down.
The police arrested a bartender and confiscated alcohol after a pub owner in Moot, Pretoria, opened his doors for on-site alcohol consumption on Wednesday, 8 July.under lockdown Level 3. Experts warned that a spike in alcohol consumption could push the healthcare system into crisis and could fast-track the spread of Covid-19.
The pub owner said he decided to embark on the reopening after studying the judgment and consulting his lawyers, who drafted a letter on his behalf to the state prosecutor handling the case to alert them of his intention.Despite the legal appeals underway on the matter, which subsequently suspends the judgment, Hanekom believed he was not breaking the law until a different judgment would be handed down.
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