South African Breweries has likened provisions of the lockdown to the Prohibition in the US that saw criminals cash in on illicit trade and consumers being exposed to hazardous brews
“SA already has a fully functional illegal alcohol market. This illicit liquor trades more than R13bn a year and results in annual tax losses in excess of R6bn.
“If not addressed soon, the alarming rise in illicit trade, health emergencies and criminal incidents involving alcohol will become a crisis in its own right in South Africa.” A man from Cape Town attempted to beat the #SALockdown ban on alcohol sales by sending a drone to his friend to collect a beer. Morgan O'Kennedy used a rope with an attachment to send to his friend to collect the beer can.
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