The minister says if it were up to him, the ban on the sale of alcohol would be reinstated, considering the increase in the number of alcohol-related trauma incidents.
In light of the increased numbers of fatalities since the ban on the sale of alcohol was lifted at the start of Level 3 lockdown on 1 June, Police Minister Bheki Cele has said that if it were up to him, the ban would be reinstated.
The minister said that just before the start of Level 3 lockdown on 1 June, about 30 to 32 deaths were recorded across the country, while on the first day of Level 3, 40 deaths were recorded while on 2 June, 50 were recorded. The minister further said last Friday, in a period of 12 hours, between 5pm and 5am, 69 deaths were recorded.
The minister said the police do “believe” that they need to do more but added that “South Africans themselves” need to take a closer look at how alcohol makes people misbehave. He said he hopes that alcohol traders and consumers would “remember the pain that they cause for the rest of the people and the systems they clog” up and the copious amounts of money “that goes to their health, that goes to the system of health because they are expensive … once they are in theatre” or hospitalised, money that could have been used elsewhere.
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