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On Sunday 30 August, the day after thousands of women took to the streets nationwide to protest against the dizzying rates of GBV and femicide in South Africa – a staggering five times the global average – a new bar announced its launch on Kloof Street in Gardens, Cape Town. The name? Floozies Flip & Dip.

If you aren’t quite ready to head out to the bar just yet, worry not – you can still enjoy a delicious, fruity cocktail this spring. Here are a few places around South Africa that are offering innovative cocktail solutions for you to enjoy at home.

Can craft distillers survive the months of prohibition? On the eve of an expected lifting of the alcohol ban, we assess the craft spirits industry.

Alcohol is currently off the table at all restaurants, but leading sommelier Joseph Dhafana shares his top seven wines for oenophiles to enjoy at home.

There’s a reason cocktails made by pros are so delicious and it’s because – much like chefs – serious bartenders go to all sorts of lengths to create interesting layered ingredients.

As the prohibition on booze is dragging on, we chatted to three drinks experts to find out how to make perfect mocktails that are just as flavourful as the real deal.

Have lots of near empty whisky bottles in your liquor cabinet from the lockdown? Here’s what to do with them.

Three bartenders share what sundowner snacks and drinks they’ve been making at home, so you can make them too.

Going against the grain and on to sugarcane…