South Africa's ban on alcohol sales may be over, but the controversy around it is not. The ban on alcohol sales may be over, but the effects of alcohol on our society are not. Instead, South Africa implemented a temporary ban on alcohol sales but not consumption in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Instead, their argument is premised on the assumption the sales ban did not reduce consumption at all, which seems improbable. However, the temporary nine-week liquor sales ban has been a necessary intervention to limit Covid-19 transmission in the early stages of the pandemic.

Source: News 24 June 11, 2020 06:56 UTC