The country is losing billions of rand to illicit trade - BLSA

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says it is concerned about the escalating illicit trade of goods in the country. CEO of BLSA, Busi Mavuso, says the country is losing billions of rand to illicit trade. Mavuso says the ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes during during alert levels three and four lockdown restrictions made the situation worse. The South African Revenue Service says it has lost over one-point-five-billion-rand in excise duty as a result of the implementation of the lockdown restrictions on the sale of booze and cigarettes last year