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Police are now frequently conducting raids to clamp down on home brewers across Zimbabwe.
Inside a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe’s most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool as he pours a brownish liquid into small bottles.
An alcoholic stench fills the room.
The Mbare resident is one of Zimbabwe’s “back yard brewers” who are making fake whiskies, brandy, vodka and other spirits to make ends meet amid fading hopes for economic prosperity.
“My life changed when I got into this business,” said the brewer, a former heavy machinery…
