Alcohol levy can�t halt drunken driving

Monday, November 17, 2014

Beer is expensive nowadays, so are traffic fines, which offenders have to pay through their noses.

It was in 2008, when President Ian Khama suggested an alcohol levy, among with numerous interventions, as the solution.

Government introduced the alcohol levy and enacted traffic fines that have been burning a hole in the pockets of speedsters and other traffic offenders.

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