Last year alone, SA raked in R15 billion in tax revenue on the sale of beer, R8.3 billion on wine and other fermented beverages, with sorghum beer bringing in R4.5 billion.
Packers load purchased alcohol into a customer's vehicle, 1 June 2020, at the Makro Liquor Store, Strubensvalley, in Roodepoort, on the first day South Africa moved to Level 3 lockdown as part of its efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
The ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco was bound to have consequence for the fiscus and a ripple effect in the value chain of other businesses – a development which could have been averted had government implemented stringent measures in policing human misbehaviour during Level 3, experts said. “It is quite a big industry in terms of manufacturing, distribution and sales, where you are talking a 2% of the national consumer spending – and that has now gone out the window with possible job losses,” warned Schussler.
“On alcohol policing, they could have had more roadblocks to test drinking and driving; as well as consequences for beating someone up while you were drunk. No doubt, better policing would have helped,” he said.
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