S.African brewery turn empty vats into soup pots as booze ban remains
By AFP
20 May 2020 |
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Vegetables simmer gently in giant copper vats used to brew South African craft beer before alcohol sales were banned as part of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in March.
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