New laws gazetted to enforce Ramaphosa's 'immediate' alcohol ban

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“The sale, dispensing and distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect.”

Regulation 44 reads: “The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor is prohibited. The transportation of liquor is prohibited, except where the transportation of liquor is in relation to alcohol required for industries producing hand sanitisers, disinfectants, soap or alcohol for industrial use and household cleaning products, for export purposes, or from manufacturing plants to storage facilities.”Ramaphosa added that many of these incidents associated with alcohol took place at night.

" Every person is confined to his or her place of residence from 9pm until 4am daily, except where a person has been granted a permit ... to perform a service permitted under Alert Level 3, or is attending to a security or medical emergency,” the regulation states.

 

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