1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

Coronavirus leave South Africans desperate for a drink

03:10

This browser does not support the video element.

May 14, 2020

To reduce hospitalizations, South Africa has banned alcohol sales during the coronavirus pandemic. This has hardly diminished demand though, and police have reported robberies of closed liquor stores. But some people are trying to get around the ban in an entirely legal way.

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW