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Pots filled with soup outside Drifters Brewery on Woodstock main road. Cape Town brewing companies Woodstock Brewery and Drifters Brewery have begun to use their brewing equipment to start a soup making initiative to assist in feeding vulnerable communities around Cape Town during the Covid-19 lockdown. (David Harrison/M&G)
BEER COMPANIES

Making soup is easier than beer, my brew

The Woodstock Brewery, the Drifter Brewing Company and Stellenbosch Breweries are unable to make beer under lockdown regulations. So they’re making soup for food relief instead.

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
Alcohol has been a central topic of discussion during the national lockdown.
ALCOHOL

Alexandra’s black market for booze under lockdown

Underground liquor has a long history in South Africa. Its next chapter is being written under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown

  • Dennis Webster
9 min read
brewers warn that a festive season prohibition will negate any recovery in the sector
BEER

The journey to the bottom of a (craft) beer glass

Beer-eaucracy is putting the cork in a craft beer revolution that could provide widespread development.

  • Seamus Reynolds
14 min read
BEER

The Who’s Brew of SA beer

South Africans are acquiring a taste for ‘craft’ ale, and the Jo’burg festival of beer will have something to tap into every palate.

  • Niren Tolsi
5 min read
An SABMiller truck prepares to load beer for a Botswana delivery.
BEER COMPANIES

Sweet taste of success for beer exporter

With government help, a Namibian brewery is leaving its Botswana competitor thirsty.

  • Roman Grynberg
7 min read
ANTICOMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR

Cheap round

Beer giants exploit Africa’s competition loopholes, writes Lloyd Gedye.

  • Lloyd Gedye
4 min read