has lodged an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court seeking to declare the prohibition unlawful, while the National Liquor Traders’ Council has raised concerns over the livelihoods of liquor traders and potential job loses in the industry.However, Mkhize said the National Coronavirus Command Council had no choice but to suspend alcohol sales in order to ease the burden on hospitals’ trauma units.
“Whatever issues that arise around the suspension of alcohol, from the point of view of the health department, we’ve got no regrets. We want to say that it’s actually the one thing that is most considerate to the health workers,” Mkhize said.
“Having gone through the first surge [in infections], the burden that the whole continent was carrying was located in South Africa [and] we just had a second surge. It’s actually quite a huge amount of experience that they’ve gained and the level of confidence has also increased amongst them,” the minister said.
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