Industry body the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa) has written to Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel requesting his urgent intervention, at Cabinet level, to ensure that further "irrational" alcohol bans are not imposed, especially over the coming festive season, which is a critical time for the local beer industry and the thousands of jobs it supports. "With the recent media announcement made by Police Minister Bheki Cele that alcohol sales will be banned on November 1, when local elections will be held, Basa remains concerned that there is a real risk that government will, once again, enforce arbitrary alcohol restrictions when the expected fourth wave of Covid-19 infections hits in December," says Basa CEO Patricia Pillay.
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