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Carrie's Corner: VinPro taking SA govt to court over liquor sales ban

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In this podcast, the internationally esteemed fine wine critic Carrie Adams chats to Mutle Mogase of the national wine industry body, VinPro, which announced this week that it is taking the South African government to court in an effort to overturn the liquor sales ban.

Among its demands - for the prohibition in the Western Cape to be immediately lifted to recognise the sharp decline in that province's coronavirus infections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Jan 2021 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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