State loses again in liquor war

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The government suffered another blow in the alcohol war after the Lobatse High Court ruled yesterday that the new liquor regulations should be suspended pending a case lodged by nightclubs.

Justice Key Dingake made the interim order in the case in which four nightclubs Havanna, Ozone, Satchmos and Trekkers are challenging the new regulations. The matter will resume in court on December 2. The new regulations, which stipulate that nightclubs should close earlier, will remain suspended until the case has been finalised. The ruling means that the nightclubs will revert to the old operating hours.

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