Alcohol shoppers turn to liquor shops to make up for the lost times.
South Africans were eagerly waiting for the government to lift the ban on alcohol for more than six weeks.
Finally, alcohol is back on the shelves for level 2 lockdown from Tuesday and people are seen queuing at liquor stores to get their long missed bottle.
Okay, so there are people sitting in their vehicles waiting outside Makro Liquor. #AlcoholBan #AlcoholSales #Level2
— Athi Mtongana (@Artii_M) August 18, 2020
This morning, liquor stores in Polokwane, Randfontein, Johannesburg, and the Eastern Cape have been reported to have lots of people queuing outside for alcohol.
A group of people allegedly camped in front of a store on Oxford Street since 4:00am in order to be the first on the line before other shoppers who started trooping in around 8.00am.
According to the government regulations on alcohol, liquor stores are allowed to open from 9:00 – 17:00 on Monday to Thursday.
See pictures of people queuing for alcohol below:
Queues have already started at some outlets as stores will now be allowed to sell alcohol. We also see trucks and vans from taverns stocking you so they can also sell. pic.twitter.com/i4QiTMDhEs
— Heidi Giokos (@HeidiGiokos) August 18, 2020
A queue has already started forming outside Ultra Liquors in Newton Park as liquor sales resume later today.
📷 @ecoetzee pic.twitter.com/cEWmFP1p6x— HeraldLIVE (@HeraldPE) August 18, 2020
So these already a long queue outside Captain Liquor in Randfontein…
— Tsholofelo Saulus (@TsholoSaulus) August 18, 2020
