Department of Trade and Industry (National) (The Government of South Africa)
The policy recognises that use and abuse of liquor and using alcohol as a form of social and economic control are serious problems that need to be redressed. The policy aims to regulate the production, distribution and sale of liquor and to control the economic and social costs of excessive alcohol consumption through restructuring the liquor industry, incorporating socio-economic goals, and developing a new institutional framework for regulation of the liquor industry.