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'Inexcusable' to fill hospital beds with alcohol-related cases: Zweli Mkhize

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It will be inexcusable to end up with beds in hospitals being blocked by patients who are casualties of alcohol abuse and compromising the lives of those who need treatment for Covid-19, health minister Zweli Mkhize said.

Eric Sibanda, manager at the Pheli shisanyama in Atteridgeville, said the business has lost close to R800,000 because of the ban of alcohol sale.

Sibande said that although they were not able to sell liquor when the ban was lifted under level 3, this was only for takeaway and not sit-down consumption, and did not allow for purchasing at the weekend. Dash Masondo, owner of Jeleesh bottle store, also in Atteridgeville, said on Monday that although his business would be hard-hit, Ramaphosa was doing what he saw as fit to save lives.

 

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