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BL Premium reports Vinpro, an organisation that represents more than 2,000 wine farmers and wine producers, is taking the government to court to ask that the alcohol ban be lifted in the Western Cape.
In its court hearing on 5 February, it will be seeking to have the ban lifted with immediate effect. It joins the largest beer brewer in the country, SA Breweries, which has also taken the government to court to have the ban removed. Vinpro advised that it would first ask that the court make an interim order to allow the sale of alcohol for home consumption and at restaurants and venues in the Western Cape, as new Covid-19 cases and hospital admissions have been dropping in the province. Thereafter, Vinpro will look at asking for a similar order for other provinces. The group also said that despite continuous engagement with the government, its proposals to mitigate the harmful effects of alcohol were not taken into account when the third liquor ban was introduced on 28 December. Vinpro pointed out in its statement that the wine harvest was starting and there was not enough space for new grapes and wine as more than 300-million litres of wine were in storage than was usually the case. It added that the ban threatened the sustainability of the wine industry, which it claimed supported the livelihoods of 269,000 employees.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Katharine Child at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
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