CAPE TOWN - The National Liquor Traders Council has formally written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure alcohol sales would continue during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Concerns have been raised over the impact of booze on trauma admissions since the ban on sales was lifted in June.
In a letter submitted to the president on Sunday ahead of his address to the nation, it states members have always worked within laws and regulations. “It’s not a solution, the disastrous economic impact of that is something we are not going to be able to recover from. Some officials in the alcohol industry are cautioning Ramaphosa against further restricting or re-banning the sale of alcohol when he addresses the nation on Sunday night.
Over the past week members of the alcohol industry have been engaging with the Department of Trade and Industry and has been in talks with the Eastern Cape Premier, the liquor authority and the Western Cape MEC for safety.
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