What age can you buy and drink alchohol in south africa?

Question

thanks.

Answer 1

18 I think.unsure

Answer 2

Buy: 18.

Drink: 7

Answer 3

When i went, my friend little brother - 12 was buying drinks at bars and shops and bringing them to us. They really don't care.

Answer 4

The legal age for alcohol purchase and consumption in South Africa is 18.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drink...

Shows the legal ages for all nations.

Answer 5

To buy alcohol & cigarettes legally = 18

Buy at shebeens (illegal drink houses) = any age

To drink alcohol legally = 18

To drink alcohol generally = any age

Answer 6

Oooh! ooh! I know this!

A person has to be over the age of 18 to purchase alcohol in South Africa.

HOWEVER....

Should a child (age not important) be with a parent or legal guardian, the said child may consume alcohol with the parent or guardian's permission.

This rings true for private parties, or within a restaurant.

The catch is that the parents have to be there at all times with the child. So, if you are in a beer tent for instance, and the police raid, and the child is unaccompanied, parents get locked up for allowing the child to drink without supervisiomn, and the owner of the place gets a hefty fine and or improsonment as well as revocation of his liquor license.

Answer 7

Legally 18

Answer 8

Yes the others are correct. You must be 18 to buy or to drink. Same with smoking.

Answer 9

18. Some clubs and bars have age regstrictions though on entrance.

Answer 10

18

Answer 11

i don't really know but many places are 18 or 21 for the fact that alcohol damages the liver and before you're around those ages, your liver isn't fully developed and ruins it if too much alcohol is drank before those ages.

Answer 12

The age limit of cigarettes is 16 not 18.

Answer 13

i live there, you have to be 18 but anyone drinks wherever and whenever they want even elementary school children