Editing Shebeen (section)

{{Short description|A bar or pub, originally an illegal drinking establishment}}
[[File:Shebeen in Joe Slovo Park.JPG|thumb|Shebeen in [[Joe Slovo Park]], [[Cape Town]]]]
A '''shebeen''' ({{langx|ga|síbín}}, "home-made whiskey") was originally an illicit [[bar (establishment)|bar]] or [[Nightclub|club]] where accessible [[alcoholic beverage]]s were sold without a license. The term has spread far from its origins in [[Ireland]], to [[Canada]], the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Zimbabwe]], the [[Anglophone Caribbean|English-speaking Caribbean]],<ref>Sansone, Livio. ''The Making of Suriland'', in ''Caribbean migration to Western Europe and the United States: essays on incorporation, identity, and citizenship'', Temple University Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-59213-954-5}}, p177</ref> [[Namibia]], [[Malawi]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mzungu |first1=Watiposo |title=Can Malawi succeed in regulating sanitation in shebeens? |url=https://mwnation.com/can-malawi-succeed-in-regulating-sanitation-in-shebeens/ |website=The Nation |date=18 November 2016 |publisher=Nation Publications Limited |accessdate=27 January 2019}}</ref> and [[South Africa]]. In modern [[South Africa]], many shebeens are now fully legal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=67816,1,22 |title=The Citizen: Liquor stores to register as liquor distributors |accessdate=2009-04-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409211150/http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=67816,1,22 |archivedate=2009-04-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=594&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20060803103527865C521223 |title=News – Finance/ Labour: Zoning could legalise Western Cape shebeens |website=www.iol.co.za |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619194954/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=594&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20060803103527865C521223 |archive-date=2009-06-19}}</ref>