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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Government set to give National Alcohol Policy a chance

by SUNDAY STANDARD REPORTER
17.08.2008

Government has decided to postpone the implementation of the 70 % alcohol levy to give stakeholders a chance to come up with alternative solutions to alcohol abuses that President Ian Khama has indicated he wants to resolve as a matter of urgency.

This past week, the leading brewer, Kgalagadi Breweries, together with other private sector stakeholders under the ambit of BOCCIM (Botswana Confederation of Commerce and Industry Manpower), started holding workshops aimed at coming at the National Alcohol Policy.
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