The organisation said the lockdown plan was discriminating against the poor, was putting the health of the mentally ill and the marginalised at risk, and was gifting crime syndicates and gangs with another source of income.

If you stop drinking alcohol rapidly you develop withdrawal symptoms and something called delirium tremens, which is a form of delirium where you lose touch with the world and it can be life threatening. About 4% of people who develop DT can actually die.

The country loses 135 million rand on sin taxes and levies every day