by Tech Talk | Jul 28, 2021 | News
An impact assessment on the trade of alcohol during lockdown, compiled by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, has found micro cellars and craft breweries were hardest hit by sales bans. Titled the Economic Impact of Government Restrictions on Domestic and...
by Tech Talk | Jul 26, 2021 | Business
The Beer Association of SA (Basa) has welcomed the Cabinet’s lifting of the booze ban. Earlier this evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that from tomorrow on-consumption sales of alcohol will be allowed seven days a week until 8pm, while outlets selling...
by Tech Talk | Jul 22, 2021 | Business
Wine industry representative body Vinpro has confirmed that it was ready to argue the urgent interim interdict application in the Western Cape High Court, which will be heard today. In its urgent application, the body sought the court to grant the premier of the...
by Tech Talk | Jul 14, 2021 | Business
Hospitality industry players have said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s extension of the alcohol restrictions was a missed opportunity for the government to engage with them and manage the unintended consequences of the liquor trade, including job losses. South African...
by Tech Talk | Jul 12, 2021 | Business
The alcohol industry has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to lift restrictions on the sale of alcohol, saying it cannot continue to endure a double pandemic of Covid-19 and poverty. The National Liquor Traders (NTL), representing 39 000 township-based taverns,...
