Philipine Madito prepares Umqombothi, a home made traditional sorghum beer made from maize (corn), maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Soweto, South Africa, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A craze for homebrewing has swept across South Africa since the government banned the sale of alcohol to help hospitals and keep order during the coronavirus lockdown - good news for Frank van Wensveen, who owns a home beer brewing supply shop.
South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, imposed a lockdown on March 27 and banned alcohol in a bid to ease hospital workloads, help the public stick to social distancing rules and prevent a rise in domestic violence.
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