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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Becoming increasingly popular over the last decade and outliving its reputation as a potent liquor that could leave you dead \u2013 Kachasu has become a huge income earner in many of Zambia\u2019s sprawling high density townships.<\/p>\n

Kachasu brewing is prohibited and despite the unlikelihood of it being legalized, some brewers have taken the bold step of advocating for the legalisation of the brew which purists define as a homemade, unaged liquor in the whiskey family, marked by its clear color, base and high alcohol content.<\/p>\n

Despite being viewed as one of the most toxic locally brewed beverages, a Sunday Times investigation revealed that most Lusaka townships have more than a dozen brewers involved in this booming business that attracts a fine from local authorities and seizure of mostly rudimentary brewing apparatus.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Becoming increasingly popular over the last decade and outliving its reputation as a potent liquor that could leave you dead \u2013 Kachasu has become a huge income earner in many of Zambia\u2019s sprawling high density townships. Kachasu brewing is prohibited and despite the unlikelihood of it being legalized, some brewers have taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-20879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nLegalise Kachasu- BUYZED ASKS GOVERNMENT - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Becoming increasingly popular over the last decade and outliving its reputation as a potent liquor that could leave you ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legalise Kachasu- BUYZED ASKS GOVERNMENT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Becoming increasingly popular over the last decade and outliving its reputation as a potent liquor that could leave you ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T20:13:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T20:52:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-625c7dd4be71d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Legalise Kachasu- BUYZED ASKS GOVERNMENT\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-17T20:13:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-17T20:52:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/img-625c7dd4be71d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/legalise-kachasu-buyzed-asks-government\",\"name\":\"Legalise Kachasu- BUYZED ASKS GOVERNMENT - 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