South Africa should strive to more effectively balance protecting lives, while ensuring businesses can continue to operate to support people's livelihoods when setting policies and regulations, such as those aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19 infections, says fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry organisation Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) legal, regulatory and sustainability executive Neo Momodu. "The crisis exposes our biggest challenge, which is jobs. Even at the best of times, our labour market is struggling and an estimated 1.6-million jobs have been lost since the beginning of Covid-19. The challenges threatening jobs continues in the FMCG sector, including in the tobacco and liquor industry. "Liquor traders are still only permitted to trade for four days a week, while other sectors can trade for seven days. Such regulations make it particularly difficult for small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) to survive and the jobs they provide are threatened."
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