New regulations allow online stores to sell a wider range of products except for alcohol and tobacco
Bekezela PhakathiAfter facing widespread criticism on some of its lockdown regulations, the government on Thursday moved to publish new regulations allowing for more e-commerce activity.
Patel said e-commerce is an important retail platform, however appropriate health and safety protocols need to be put in place which can allow the full e-commerce activities. “The minister should not be applauded for doing what was clearly the right and logical thing from the very beginning,” Macpherson said.
This repositioning by Patel follows unrelenting public pressure and legal action that the DA had initiated today in the High Court against the banning of unfettered access to e-commerce.
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