A consortium of Liquor Trader Associations, made up of associations of township-based taverns and shebeens representing over 50 000 members countrywide, is recommending that township taverns be permitted to operate as sanitary, off-site liquor sales points.
Durban - Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that alcohol will be sold under Level 3, a consortium of Liquor Trader Associations, made up of associations of township-based taverns and shebeens representing over 50 000 members countrywide, is recommending that township taverns be permitted to operate as sanitary, off-site liquor sales points, to assist in enabling alcohol sales within townships.
"These points will be inundated with customers eager to purchase. This mass descent on very limited stockists will result in non-adherence to social distancing measures and will no doubt undo much of the good work being done by Government in its attempts to curb the spread of Covid-19 within townships," he added.
According to Hector, as the industry has not been permitted to operate for almost two months, this sector of the township economy has already been severely impacted. "Our members are often small to medium family owned businesses employing at least two people within the communities in which they operate. Our industry, the township liquor market, is one of the oldest entrepreneurial activities of the ‘Township Economy’. Consequently, it has fed and educated families for years.
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