//Drinking bans are back in fashion during the Covid pandemic. But experts are wary of Prohibition 2.0

Drinking bans are back in fashion during the Covid pandemic. But experts are wary of Prohibition 2.0

South Africa is slowly emerging from one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. As the threat of the pandemic loomed in March its government sealed national borders, restricted public transport use and — in a particularly controversial move — banned the sale of alcohol for several weeks