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Drinkers in South Africa may cheer the government s decision to lift the latest bar on alcohol sales, but the wine sector fears the move has come too late to save thousands of jobs.
The key industry has been badly hit by a string of booze bans, imposed to ease the number of trauma cases in hospitals burdened by coronavirus patients.
The third such restriction, imposed on December 28 as South Africa struggled with a second Covid wave, was lifted on Monday.
But the announcement will do little to raise morale.
Wine businesses have not been able to earn any income from local wine sales for a total of 20 weeks since March 2020, said Rico Basson, head of Vin Pro, representing 2,500 producers and other stakeholders in the wine industry.
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The South African wine industry has been hit hard by bans of alcohol sales during various Covid-19 lockdowns, resulting in many producers going out of business. afp
South Africa’s wine industry reeling from alcohol bans
Tue, 9 February 2021
Drinkers in South Africa may cheer the government’s decision to lift the latest bar on alcohol sales, but the wine sector fears the move has come too late to save thousands of jobs.
The key industry has been badly hit by a string of booze bans, imposed to ease the number of trauma cases in hospitals burdened by coronavirus patients.