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Lockdown latest: Gauteng trio arrested for making their own beer

Trouble has been brewing in Sebokeng over the weekend. Well, it was traditional beer, actually. Cops in Gauteng were tipped off to the operation in Zone 12, where local residents were caught flouting lockdown laws. Their plot to make and sell their own ale while alcohol is banned during lockdown has fallen flat.

Ilegal booze brewers caught in Gauteng

In total, three people have been arrested for the scheme. The whole exercise had a real gritty feel to it as well; the makeshift booze was being stored in refuse bins. Upon making the discovery, law enforcement officials confiscated all brewing equipment and poured the existing alcohol down the drain.

As you can see from the photos shared by Gauteng’s MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko, the “brewers behaving badly” had come a long way before they were snared:

Lockdown in South Africa: Is it illegal to make your own beer?

There’s nothing wrong with *a little* home-brewing: The National Disaster Act doesn’t implicitly forbid people from making their own tipples. But, like with all actions involving alcohol, moderation is key. You can make your own supply, but making enough to sell to other citizens is an illegal act.

That’s because buying alcohol under any circumstances is banned under the emergency lockdown laws. Whether you acquire booze from a liquor store, a private seller or any other method which requires a transaction, you risk arrest and detention if you get caught – and the same goes for the supplier. Most people don’t need telling that attending an illegally-opened tavern will have an identical result too, but here we are:



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