When President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on Sunday, indications are he is likely to ban gatherings and tighten restrictions on alcohol. Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi confirmed on Saturday the national coronavirus…
The extension of level 3 lockdown regulations, which prohibit the sale and distribution of alcohol, has been described as the death knell for many small craft brewers by the Beer Association of SA (Basa). The move, announced by President…
Back in the 1920s, Al Capone was a notorious gangster and bootlegger who ran the streets of Chicago. He rose from being a street thug to becoming an underworld mob boss when he took advantage of the era of alcohol prohibition in the US in…
The Restaurant Association of SA (Rasa) has condemned illegal sales of alcohol at some restaurants. This comes after claims on social media that some restaurants, particularly in Cape Town, have been selling alcohol despite the ban on…
SA health minister on the rationale behind the booze ban President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced that a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol would take effect immediately. The decision has been met with mixed…
South Africans wanting to buy alcohol can do so between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Thursday. This was one of the level 3 regulations announced by co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday…
The strict government liquor ban during the Covid-19 lockdown has proved deadly for some in the Eastern Cape. Nine people in the province have died in the space of a week after drinking lethal moonshine. On Saturday, three people from…
The road to Lungile’s* shack in the informal settlement of Tsakane in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, is bumpy and flooded with mud from recent rains. Away from police scrutiny, she is doing a roaring trade in pineapple beer (mbamba) during the…
