Alcohol ban has cost 118,000 jobs, says industry with appeal to open during level 3 lockdown

The alcohol industry, which supports one-million jobs and contributes 3% to SA's GDP, says it cannot sustain the ban on its ability to trade anymore and that large-scale retrenchments will become inevitable.

"With no/minimal revenue for eight weeks and no certainty of the future, the industry cannot sustain the ban any further and job cuts are a harsh reality," the liquor industry said in a statement late on Friday."We hope the gravity of the current situation is taken into serious consideration by decision makers, as the livelihoods of many people rest in their hands.

My_bru_our_Responsibility We can't be breaking our economy in pieces like this.

Death rate will be triple that total. Thank you for your concern.

👏👏👏...well done DrZweliMkhize , CyrilRamaphosa DlaminiZuma MYANC . 118 000 people now unemployed. Great achievement.!

I hope UIF is ready to support them

Money Heist 2.0, great, very clear that they won't be needing personal tax in future... while that million billion rescue bailout is fast making its way to the trash heap... Not to stress, just lockdownSA till we can get hands on the next million billion bailout covid19SA

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