Alcohol ban: good or bad for SA's Covid-19 battle? Ryan Noach, Chief Executive of Discovery Health

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The alcohol ban that was reimposed at the weekend after President Cyril Ramaphosa noted that booze-related injuries were taking up valuable hospital space needed for Covid-19 patients has sparked an outcry - and fierce debate. In this interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, Ryan Noach - chief executive of Discovery - emphasises that he believes "the lesson here is that as a society, as South Africans, we have to find a more responsible way for legal alcohol to flow. We have to learn lessons at a societal level about how how to respond and how to act when alcohol is around." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Jul 2020 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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