South Africa will soon be forced to destroy over 400 million bottles of alcohol due to the banning of alcohol sales in South Africa.

At the current status of South African economy alcohol has been banned since the national lockdown .

Sales of alcohol in South Africa have a great impact in the economy of South Africa which gives tax returns a good profit margin.

SA Breweries (SAB) – owner of Castle Lager, Hansa, and Black Label – says it may be forced to destroy more than 130 million litres of beer if it is not allowed to transport the brew to its depots.

The transport of alcohol – apart from alcohol for export – is currently illegal under South Africa’s lockdown regulations. All sale of alcohol is also prohibited.

SAB has not been brewing since March 23rd, nor has it or transported beer since the start of the hard Covid-19 lockdown on March 27th.

The state of South African economy has fallen by 11,5% since the national lockdown.

Since the transportation of alcohol is not allowed South African breweries will be forced to destroy over 130 Million liters of alcohol.

In a presentation to government, SAB said that if it is not allowed to transport beer within the next day or so, it will be forced to discard this inventory, at a loss of an estimated R150 million.