JOHANNESBURG,
(CAJ News) – THERE is some good news on the horizon for South Africa’s imbibers and the entire liquor industry left in a lurch when the government banned the sale of alcohol at the end of last year.
As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases ease, indications are that this ban could be lifted in the coming days. This could be earlier than mid-February, as had initially been anticipated.
“That said, it would seem that those involved in the alcohol supply chain locally may get good news earlier than 15 February,” stated economist, Siobhan Redford of the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB).
She pointed out some government departments and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) had purportedly been discussing this issue.