Ban on alcohol and cigarettes in South Africa

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Now the world can read about the SA government's stupidity...

Edit: Haha, the two beginning paragraphs are amusing:

UPON ARRIVAL at an expensive restaurant near Sandton, Johannesburg’s financial district, nothing feels unusual, at least in this age of covid-19. The maître-d’ zaps a temperature gun at patrons’ masked faces and spritzes their hands with sanitiser. Only when ushered into the dining room does something seem odd: every table has a pot of tea.

South Africans like their rooibos, but the liquid in many tea-cups is a darker red—claret, even. On other tables there are cans of tonic next to teapots. Reality dawns when two young women are given shot glasses of Jägermeister inside their tea-cups.

 

[ponder]

NDZ and Bheki View attachment 889436 View attachment 889438 can kiss my arse.. happy days Boys, after last weekends vodka fiasco, got me some beer that takes me back to my 20’s (not that I ever grew up)... enjoy the weekend.

Beer is beer but i'm tired of those zamaleks, we were supposed to get some decent Tafel today but no, another 24x500ml zamaleks. Under the circumstances I should not complain...

 

[Crowley]

Beer is beer but i'm tired of those zamaleks, we were supposed to get some decent Tafel today but no, another 24x500ml zamaleks. Under the circumstances I should not complain...

Enjoy it. 100 000 mine workers can't be wrong

 

[ponder]

Enjoy it. 100 000 mine workers can't be wrong

Still kuk beer though

 

[Napalm]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

 

[Spliffcat]

Beer is beer in the land of the Fekkin stupid ANC.
Bejasus I'm even drinking cheap whisky.
Disgusting.

 

[Spliffcat]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

Dude you have no clue.

 

[Dan C]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

Tell this to billions of people around the globe. With your reasoning we won't have any tourists.

 

[RonSwanson]

Cigarette ban: Joburg rehab centre 'given permission' to buy smokes

Another day, another contradiction in the cigarette ban surfaces: Here's why a rehab centre in Johannesburg was allowed to purchase tobacco.

www.thesouthafrican.com

That’s when Advocate Alfred Cockrell took the bench by surprise, revealing that the Gauteng Health Department gave special permission for rehab centres to order a total of 60 cigarette cartons. The exemption was, allegedly, granted to help recovering addicts cope with the pressures of quitting serious narcotic addictions.

This is why all the cool kids go to rehab

Only if you are AA

 

[AlphaJohn]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

Source : Wiki

 

[Grouter]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

Yep. We can't have this:


Because of this guy:



Just....fekkin.....why?

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

our people are dying due to alcohol

Two kinds of problems in this world: theirs and mine

Guess which one you've just identified ...

and no, businesses do not have to evolve to do business without alcohol, government has to get the fahk out of the way of business in general and stop messing with things it is wholly incompetent in

 

[Cray]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

Welcome to the modern economy, almost all businesses rely on products/inputs from other industries...

 

[Cray]

Two kinds of problems in this world: theirs and mine

Guess which one you've just identified ...

and no, businesses do not have to evolve to do business without alcohol, government has to get the fahk out of the way of business in general and stop messing with things it is wholly incompetent in

Everything?

 

[MiW]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

I think you miss the point, if restaurants have to stop making their biggest profit from alcohol, the food prices will have to go double. Would you pay double for your meal, how many people will be able to afford eating out?
Have you been in a restaurant in Europe or USA, any ideas how much it costs?

 

[wingnut771]

I think you miss the point, if restaurants have to stop making their biggest profit from alcohol, the food prices will have to go double. Would you pay double for your meal, how many people will be able to afford eating out?
Have you been in a restaurant in Europe or USA, any ideas how much it costs?

nevermind the restaurants, what about the whole supply chain? the factories and their employees, the hundreds of farmers and their employees? does he think that bottle appears by magic on the table?

 

[MiW]

nevermind the restaurants, what about the whole supply chain? the factories and their employees, the hundreds of farmers and their employees? does he think that bottle appears by magic on the table?

Obviously all the farmers should be growing beetroot and garlic...and African potatoes...

 

[wingnut771]

Obviously all the farmers should be growing beetroot and garlic...and African potatoes...

and magically relocate to where the environmental conditions are favourable for said crops, then magically replace the crop that is already ready to harvest with another crop without waiting a year. also, money will fall from the sky to pay for everything.

 

[Kola_CT]

Economy needs to revive itself, adapt and do away with Alcohol.

Industry's cannot go on... thinking ahead and going forward relying on alcohol. They must change their ways and do business regardless of alcohol. Many brands change or someone buys them out or changes the recipe. Then you are reliant on another persons product. That is just stupid.

Restaurants blaming that they cannot make money cause of alcohol. That is absurd. There are many shops and food places that sell perfectly good meals with normal soft drinks and no alcohol is on the table. I'm not saying no alcohol must be on the table, but an industry should not "stand still" because of it.

The fact that they want to go on strike and all that because of that, just shows you how reliant they are (or how reliant they made them-self on it). Very similar to an addiction, they can't go without it. They feel "a lack" without it.

SA needs to sober up, our people are dying due to alcohol. I know our every day person doesn't think it's true .The fact is, there are hundreds if not thousands of people that cannot hold their liquor. They cause accidents or get aggro and beat their wife or children when too much alcohol was consumed.

It is sad tho... that the minority is making it bad for the majority.

Are you drunk?

 

[Misanthrope]

Looks like we can zol in peace soon:

It’s official: Cabinet wants to let you have 1.2kg of dagga at home – if you don’t live alone | Business Insider

Cabinet has approved a cannabis Bill for submission to Parliament which limits home stashes of dagga to 1.2kg for two or more adults. There is no limit on how many seeds or seedlings you may have.

www.businessinsider.co.za

Supported by the elite:

Tito Mboweni's giant, 'accidental' dagga plant is doing well – but not so well as to be illegal yet | Business Insider

The finance minister's Twitter habit means we get to see how his cannabis plant is growing – which is pretty well over the past month.

www.businessinsider.co.za

You have been able to zol in peace since Sept 2018.