Shoppers stock up on liquor as sales resume

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South Africa has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption per capita in the world.

People wait in line to buy alcohol as South Africa lifts a lockdown lasting two months, to try to revive the economy amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Soweto, South Africa June 1, 2020.JOHANNESBURG - South African shoppers filled trolleys with cases of beer and cider and bottles of whiskey and wine on Monday as the government eased the coronavirus lockdown to allow the sale of alcohol to resume after a nine-week ban.

Under looser restrictions, alcohol will be sold for home consumption from Mondays to Thursdays, a welcome relief for an industry on its knees due to the ban. "It's obviously good that we're open again but in terms of business it's going to take a while to get there."An estimated 117,600 jobs have been lost in the industry, with 13-percent of the craft beer sector in the process of shutting, while the wine industry was in severe distress, said Rico Basson, chief executive of Vinpro, a wine industry body.

Software developer Teboho Mofokeng waited in the queue for more than two hours for his six bottles of whiskey, saying his alcohol stock ran out during lockdown.Retailers like Pick n Pay and Shoprite's Checkers supermarket chain, had allowed customers to place pre-orders online for delivery from Monday.

 

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This just shows the huge distrust that citizens have in Government they did this all by themselves ANCMustFall

Shy is there no presence of the law to enforce regulations as this was expected. Looks like we need to revert soon to level 5

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I wish we can show this kind of enthusiasm when securing our future as Black's by opening savings account, opening businesses, investing on property... etc

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