The transportation of liquor is only permitted from Monday to Thursday, between 9am and 5pm.

National police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo has set the record straight:

Members of the public are prohibited from transporting alcohol outside of level 3 trading hours.

This means that transporting booze is prohibited on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

Naidoo says only licensed traders are permitted to transport alcohol outside of the trading hours for the purposes of restocking retail outlets.

If a person is stopped at a roadblock during the weekend and found to have alcohol in their vehicle, they will be in contravention of the lockdown regulations.

The police will be stationed at roadblocks on major national roads, at provincial borders, between districts, towns, and hotspots, Naidoo warns.

On Monday, level 3 lockdown regulations came into effect, unbanning the sale of alcohol from Monday to Thursday, between 9am and 5pm.

Naidoo claims the restriction on the transportation of liquor is in a bid to combat illicit trade.