This week, Boone travelled to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to inspect damaged businesses, warehouses, and distribution centres.
Craft beer brewers also suffered huge losses with many unable to save their stock or start brewing again.
BASA says there is a serious need for the government to intervene and save businesses.
CEO of the Pick n Pay Group Pieter Boone says President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to lift the ban on alcohol to help businesses recover from the unrest in KZN and Gauteng. Image: Kevin SutherlandSource: Getty Images
They suggest that the ban on alcohol sales should be lifted on 26 July.
They believe that 9 206 jobs in the alcohol industry are at risk.
According toBusinessLIVE, President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to reintroduce the social relief grant in the coming days.
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Speculation is that the R350 relief that was implemented during the coronavirus pandemic would be reinstated.
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Lebogang Mashego (Current Affairs HOD)Lebogang Mashego runs the Current Affairs desk.
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