Members of the SANDF stationed at the border between KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique confiscated alcohol with a street value of R1.3million. DailyNewsSA lockdown
“Every day we see examples of illicit liquor and cigarettes being traded by crooks, who pay no attention to social distancing rules, and will be paying no tax on their booming sales.
"Gangsters are taking over and law-abiding businesses are going to the wall, with the loss of hundreds of thousands of livelihoods. Whatever the intentions of the lockdown prohibition might be, its effects are catastrophic,” said Abramjee. According to a draft framework open to public consultation, alcohol consumption might be allowed under level 3.
Under the wholesale and retail trade - covering stores, spaza shops, e-commerce and informal traders category - the off-premise consumption of alcohol will be subject to limited hours and an approved industry plan on physical distancing and quantitative restrictions.
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