AS part of lockdown rules, booze is banned in Mzansi, leading to many dry throats.
But Christmas came early for Tshwane residents on Monday.
A truck carrying booze lost control on the Mabopane highway and residents helped themselves to the booze.
The incident was caught on videos and circulated on social media. In one video, hundreds of people are seen running to grab packs of beers from the truck.
In another video, a man is heard saying the truck fell and people are taking beer.
“Cyril Ramaphosa said alcohol is closed, but it fell here and people are picking it up,” he said.
“This lockdown is hard. Cyril, my brother, people are leaving with packs of beers. It’s lit. Lockdown is failing you.”
In another video, a woman is heard saying she wished she wasn’t wearing work uniform.
The sound of shooting can also be heard in another video and people run away with beer in their hands.
Many social media users rejoiced.
- Zintle_Mkwela wrote: “South Africans and alcohol! Only God can save us.”
- Juks_Afrika wrote: “Truck ya byala eya kae (where is the alcohol truck going?). Kante what happened to ‘alcohol is banned with immediate effect’? Something doesn’t make sense here.”
- EricanSA wrote: “South Africans are just thieves and hungry men.”
- MonosiEye wrote: “Pretoria. They drink there. They don’t play like that. The only city in the whole of Gauteng where you still find R10 drinks. Only place you still find a six pack for 60 bucks.”
Captain Mavela Masondo said: “No arrests have been made yet and investigations continue.”
