{"id":60682,"date":"2020-08-06T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/illicit-trade-a-lifeline-20200804-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:36:39","slug":"illicit-trade-a-lifeline-20200804-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/illicit-trade-a-lifeline-20200804-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Illicit trade a lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the return of a ban on alcohol, liquor is still widely available in the Kalahari as bootleggers try to outwit the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 12 July, for a second time this year, the government introduced a ban on the sale of liquor, which had only been lifted on 1 June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It caught most by surprise, which has resulted in many now obtaining alcohol from the black market, for both consumption and business, at double or triple the original price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ab27fd5b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" beer\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10380\/19793d29a58046cb9a8c14e96be9c076.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0b5f10e996e149bf8958ad7f473e978c.jpg\" title=\"A bakkie loaded to the brim with alcohol. The driver was arrested in May while police were busy with Covid-19 operations in Kuruman. Photo: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A bakkie loaded to the brim with alcohol. The driver was arrested in May while police were busy with Covid-19 operations in Kuruman. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An underground tavern owner, who spoke to <span>Kalahari Bulletin <\/span>on condition of anonymity, weighed in on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This grandmother says her family tried to survive off her old age pension after her children had lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She shares a shack with her two daughters, aged 22 and 20, and three grandchildren between the ages of 2 and 5 years old, in a growing informal settlement near a mining town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of desperation she started brewing alcohol to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the money that was coming in from selling the home-made beer, brewed with yeast, she expanded her stock by buying a popular commercial beer from local taverns in large amounts and reselling it at a profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says illegal shebeens like hers are more accessible to the community because legal taverns are closely watched by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked if she was not scared of being caught, she said: \u201cNo. The president and his ministers have continued to draw a salary while our children lose their jobs. 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