Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela founded Brewsters Craft in 2016, becoming the first black female beer brewer in South Africa.
Over the past year with the Covid-19 pandemic, she has had to watch her once-booming business dwindle in the face of numerous alcohol sales bans.
After months of seeing this, she decided to call it quits and close Brewsters Craft.
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela now tries to earn a living through presenting training programmes.
During an interview with Cape Talk she said, “I’m taking some time out… The alcohol bans… have been emotionally draining… It’s time to remove myself from the situation… This is not the end. I have not been able to service my loans… With the alcohol bans, I wasn’t able to pay salaries and rentals… Before Covid I had eight employees – we planned to double that… I had to let all of them go… I’m trying to help them find jobs…”
Sources: Cape Talk, EWN
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