• humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    illegal drinking establishments, where mass shootings are common?

    police shut down 12,000 such premises outlets between April and September this year

    Why is licensing bars so difficult, and why is there such “anger” over them? Sounds almost like 1930s US prohibition, where organized crime (police???) are intimidating for protection?

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      One of the very few businesses excluded from the municipal licence exemption.

      Cannot start a watering hole without the municipality’s blessings (some money needs to grease the wheels).

      But basically led to a lot of underground drinking spots. They were a godsend during COVID lockdowns, any sale of alcohol was prohibited, there was some guy that was killed by the military when they found him drinking a beer in his own yard (which technically was legal).

      But yeah some stupid alcohol rules here in SA, not all for example drinking and driving, but most