Head Topics

SA's alcohol ban: reinventing a broken wheel

  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 59%

South Africa Headlines News

'Back in the 1920s, Al Capone was a notorious gangster and bootlegger who rose to become an underworld mob boss when he took advantage of the alcohol prohibition in the US.'

According to historians, Luciano, who also had close ties to Capone, introduced the concept of “organised crime” when he got all mafia bosses around the table to urge them to work together instead of fighting over turf and in the process, formed a board of directors among the crime families.

Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at UK think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said during a recent webinar in SA that one of the damaging things prohibition does is erode respect for the law. “The respect for the law especially during a public health pandemic, especially when you are relying on goodwill and co-operation of citizens, is eroded when you start bringing in prohibitions that are seen as widely unfair and unnecessary.”

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

PODCAST | The reality of car-jacking in SA, according to tracker SAIn this special episode of Cargumentative, Thomas Falkiner and Denis Droppa are joined in the virtual studio by Ron Knott-Craig, executive: operational services at Tracker SA. Knott-Craig ​talks about the latest trends in vehicle crime in the country, and answers pertinent questions about hijacking and car theft
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

WATCH: Have foreign investors lost interest in SA bonds?RMB’s Tebogo Mekgwa talks to Business Day TV about the local bond market
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Thuli Madonsela | Choosing SA: The baton is ours now | CitypressOPINION: There are democracy champion vacancies where the fellowship of the Rivonia Trial used to be. I often wonder if we are equal to the task. Ours is not to do what they did, but to take the baton & deliver it to the next level, writes Thuli Madonsela
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »

COVID-19: Infections decreasing in SASouth Africa now has a recovery rate of 75 percent.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

SA to take part in two more Covid-19 vaccine trials | CitypressSouth Africa is consolidating its place in the race for a Covid-19 vaccine with its participation, starting from next month, in two new international trials of vaccine candidates. Adele Baleta reports.
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »

130 new deaths, 2511 new Covid-19 infections for SA as recovery rate hits 75%Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced 130 more deaths owing to Covid-19, as well as 2511 new infections, taking the total confirmed cases over 566 000.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »