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Rehoboth shebeen owners demonstrate

Rehoboth shebeen owners demonstrate

Written by Rhonie Garoeb on 23 April 2018.

REHOBOTH, 23 APR (NAMPA) – Approximately 50 shebeen owners in Rehoboth staged a peaceful demonstration on Monday against the protracted moratorium on issuing of liquor licenses in the Hardap Region.
The moratorium issued in 2013 by the Liquor Board was implemented as a control mechanism to curb the mushrooming of liquor outlets within the region.
The demonstration, held under the auspices of the Namibia Retailing Traders Association (NRTA), attracted mostly women, some of them with babies on their backs. It ...

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