IN PICS | South Africans wake up bright and early to queue for booze
01 June 2020 - 09:56
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People stock up on booze at the Pick n Pay on Nicol bottle store as the country enters level 3 of the lockdown. Bottle stares have been closed since lockdown was implemented in March in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Scores of masked customers line up outside Liberty Liquors in Durban on Monday morning to get their hands on much-awaited alcohol.
A group of people queuing outside the Beyers Naude Liquor City ahead of its 9am opening on Monday.
A queue of about 20 people outside Liquor City at the Sophiatown Shopping Complex. Two individuals who preferred not to be named said that they specifically woke up early to come and queue. "We are planning on getting cases of beer, we just hope that they won't limit quantities too much because we don't want to have to come here again tomorrow.
A queue forms outside Checkers Liquor in Northcliff corner, where a customer is seen leaning towards the glass doors to read the alcohol restriction instructions per customer.
A few cheers when Makro in Springfield, Durban, opened its door at its liquor outlet just after 9am.
A women getting her temperature taken outside the Makro in Springfield, Durban, before the store opened at 9am.
Hazel Sithole, 39, said she arrived at Atteridgville plaza at about 5am. Sithole, who is also a nurse working in the Covid-19 ward, was excited to be number one in the long queue.
Ten people and counting standing in a queue outside the Liquor City in Northcliff, with masks on and clear social distancing measures in sight - and camp chairs.
More than 100 people are gathered outside Supa store in Thokozoza Park, Soweto. Many say they are there to purchase alcohol, saying the ban was unnecessary to begin with.
Both hand sanitation and temperature screening are mandatory at the entrance to Beyers Naude Liquor City. So far no-one has been flagged for a high temperature.
Queues of liquor shoppers outside Checkers Liquors in Cape Town CBD.
A customer gets his hands sanitised before entering Tops at Spar at Umlazi's Mega City Mall.
Students Jeremy Ives and James Stachen stock up on booze supplies at the Tops Spar in Vredehoek.
People queueing outside a liquor shop to buy alcohol on the first day of level3 of the national lockdown in Durban.
Costumers at a Liquor City shop in Johannesburg, on June 1, 2020. SA moved into level three of a five-tier lockdown to try and limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Students Sibahle Dyango, Nosiphelo Mganto, and Bongeka Ithole have stocked up for their post-lockdown bash. They say this batch will be finished by Thursday, and then they will restock for the weekend party.
A large queue outside Makro, Alberton as the country moves to level 3 of the national lockdown.
People queue for liquor in Nyanga, Cape Town.
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