![]() ![]() There is nothing like waking up to find a bar or night club open in your quiet neighbourhood or yet another new one in an already over-subscribed area. The board hears matters pertaining to the control of liquor or distribution and the desirability of reducing or increasing the number of licenced outlets in an area. Even if a licence has been already been granted and is in operation people can still lodge objections at their own instance to the board or on behalf of others. In 2015, one Harare resident put up a brave and spirited, but futile fight to try and stop the restaurant Cassa Mia from continuing to operate in his neighbourhood in Avondale.Īnyone wishing to lodge an objection is required to make a written objection stating the reasons and the Liquor Licensing Board will deliberate on the objections and give a response. Only a few active citizens have challenged these liquor licences, but with limited success. In the past few years, drinking places have mushroomed and multiplied almost everywhere at a rate only matched by new church establishments. ![]() Interested and affected parties are encouraged to be vigilant and oppose the granting of licences before they are granted. Application notices are published in the Government Gazette and newspapers for the purpose of notifying the public to lodge objections if they wish. Nobody wants to buy a house or operate a business near a beerhall if they can help it so house prices in those areas tend to be lower than in other areas. ![]() There will also be a likely depreciation of property values in the affected neighbourhoods. It is likely there will be an unwelcome increase of vehicular traffic, litter, social vices like prostitution, muggings and noise. A community may likely experience increased consumption of alcohol, which usually results in an increase of social problems. The sale and consumption of alcohol has undeniable far-reaching consequences in communities in which it is sold. Members of the public have a right to complain and lodge complaints against applications for liquor licences or existing licences. Liquor laws are relevant to consumers, sellers and distributors of alcoholic products as well as members of the public who for whatever reason are affected by the trade of alcohol. These laws were eased gradually over time when the segregation became more stratified as special drinking compounds in the townships, which still exist today, as council beer halls, were established. Black Africans were not allowed to drink European alcohol, which was predominantly the clear types of liquors. In Southern Rhodesia, during the times of the Federation, there were very restrictive laws on alcohol sales and consumption by black people. In America, for about two decades up to the 1930s, there was a futile attempt to prohibit the trade and consumption of alcohol. In some Islamic countries like Dubai, there are very restrictive laws even though it is not outrightly banned. In some Islamic countries, such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and others, the production, trade and consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited. Alcohol has been used and abused as a political and power tool throughout history. Governments and, mostly, religious groups have felt a need to control or even ban the production, trade and consumption of alcohol. A community in the vicinity of a beer selling outlet will have an unwelcome increase of vehicular traffic, litter, social vices like prostitution, muggings and noise ![]()
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