Uitenhage police destroy illegal brew in festive season raid

12 December 2015 - 11:55
By Gareth Wilson

More than 700 litres of illegal home-brewed beer was confiscated and destroyed on Thursday during an operation aimed at clamping down on taverns in the KwaNobuhle area of Uitenhage. The exercise‚ which forms part of the police festive season clamp-down called Operation Duty Calls‚ found 22 houses and taverns brewing and selling the beer‚ also known as bheya‚ mshovalale‚ ntakunyisa or iskokiyane.

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