MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Liquor under the searchlight again as infections rise
Hotels, restaurants and shebeens will again be made to pay for the failures of the state
14 December 2020 - 15:22
The latest infection spike has prompted the usual sanctimonious allegations about the role of the liquor industry in the spread of Covid-19.
However, an examination of the regulatory environment reveals that incoherent policy on the production and sale of alcohol combined with poor, inefficient and corrupt policing have contributed to creating a conflicted relationship between liquor and the wider community...
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