Pretoria – The Southern Africa Alcohol Policy Alliance has warned against another spike of Covid-19 infections and trauma cases as a result of the lifting of the on-site alcohol consumption ban. Its director, Maurice Smithers, predicted the repeat of more coronavirus transmissions, saying that the same situation was experienced in June last year when the …

The liquor alliance has urged South Africans to support the ban and to work together to minimise the spreading of Covid-19. The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) has called on “the alcohol giants” operating within the liquor industry in the country to use “some of their vast financial reserves to support the small businesses” …