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“SAB believes that any ban, including the current one goes far beyond what is reasonable and necessary to contain the spread of the virus and unlawfully restricts various rights that are enshrined and protected by our constitution. These include the right to freedom of trade, the right to human dignity, privacy, and the right to bodily and psychological integrity.
“Challenging the constitutionality of the ban, which removes the South African public’s right as adults to responsibly consume a beer safely in the privacy of their own homes, is an integral part of SAB’s action,” they said in a statement earlier this month.
South African alcohol industry views on prohibition supported by international survey Crisis-driven COVID-19 related prohibitions on alcohol beverages promote the development of parallel illicit markets.
Entire industries are plunged into a financial abyss, reducing much-needed government revenue. Source Monday, 25 January 2021, 11:48 Generic image. Photo: Phinehas Adams, Unsplash
NATIONAL NEWS - The South African alcohol industry reaffirmed its objections to the Government s use of prohibition in the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that the unintended consequences specifically the rapid rise of illicit liquor production and distribution far outweighed the efficacy of the ban.
The industry said research conducted by the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) analysed the economic and social impacts of strict restrictions on the production and/or consumption of alc