Fish Hoek residents furious about Pick n Pay’s bid to sell booze
Various liquor applications in Fish Hoek have been refused over the years‚ with the courts being instrumental in upholding the ‘dry town’ status
Some residents of Cape Town’s Fish Hoek suburb, famous for not having a bottle store, are frothing at the mouth over a liquor licence application by a major retailer. Fish Hoek is known for being a dry town. Allen Rose-Innes‚ chairperson of the Fish Hoek Valley Ratepayers and Residents Association‚ said they had received notice of a liquor licence application by Pick n Pay. "Although there are now many licensed restaurants in Fish Hoek‚ Fish Hoek prides itself on being a dry town as regards retail liquor outlets," he said. In a letter addressed to the co-owners of the local Pick n Pay‚ he listed 10 reasons a liquor store should not be opened. One of them was that alcohol delivery trucks would cause traffic congestion. "The sale of liquor in an area in close proximity to the major transport hub (railway‚ bus and taxi) will attract undesirable elements to this area," he wrote. "There are already enough social problems associated with the sale of drugs‚ vagrancy‚ street people‚ begging...
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