No cheers: The treasury aims to curb alcohol consumption because of its role in health problems and road deaths.
The treasury’s proposal last year to increase taxes on alcohol — wine, beer and spirits — in a bid to curb excessive consumption is unlikely to be effective, experts say.
The finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, is expected to make the controversial announcement in his budget speech next month — the first under the coalition government formed last year after the ANC…
