Liquor License - The councilor for Weltevreden Park, Amanda Forsythe, has been instrumental in the prosecution of 5
illegal, unlicensed liquor outlets in her ward over the last few months. However, Pastor Douglas Forsyth from the
Weltevreden Park Chapel is still unhappy with a liquor store which is situated within
500m from his church. He complains that
the Liquor Board has not responded to his efforts to contact them. The Liquor Board has a discretion to grant a liquor
license to a liquor outlet within 500m of places of worship and educational institutions. The Gauteng Economic Development Department
responded that their main aim was to make sure everyone who was trading had a
licence and they intend being stricter in applying the liquor law in an effort
to try an limit the negative impact of liquor outlets in residential areas.
(Article from The Citizen, edited by The Licence Co)
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