News Formal

Alcohol industry to allocate at least R150m towards Covid-19 plans

  • 📰 BDliveSA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 19 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 63%

Business News News

Initiatives will be aimed at addressing the challenges related to the excessive drinking and gender-based violence in SA

The alcohol industry says it will allocate at least R150m towards assisting the government to ease pressures on the health-care system after the lifting of the ban on alcohol sales.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday that the sale of liquor and tobacco will resume at midnight on Monday, August 17 as the country moves to level two of the lockdown. This follows much criticism and outcry from the alcohol and related industries amid fears the ban could lead to huge job losses. The alcohol industry contributes about 3% to GDP.

 

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:

 /  🏆 12. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

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

Alcohol industry to allocate at least R150m towards Covid-19 plansInitiatives will be aimed at addressing the challenges related to the excessive drinking and gender-based violence in SA
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Alcohol industry to allocate at least R150m towards Covid-19 plansInitiatives will be aimed at addressing the challenges related to the excessive drinking and gender-based violence in SA
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »