Concerns raised over impractical liquor Bill

Liquor traders and the Democratic Alliance have raised questions about government's liquor Bill, saying it would be difficult to enforce.

Stillbirth: A global problem exposed

In what was the first official estimate of its kind, The Lancet medical journal recently published a major study on the rate of stillbirths.

Education key to preventing stillbirths

It has to be one of most devastating tragedies to befall any parent -- when a baby in the womb develops health problems and fails to survive.

Liquor Act serves largely the poor and not vested interests

South African drinkers consume on average 17 litres of pure alcohol a year, placing them among the heaviest drinkers in the world.

The Cape region’s foetal flaw

Research reveals that one out of ten children in the worst-affected rural areas of the Western Cape suffer from foetal alcohol syndrome.

Protect your baby

Many mothers-to-be do not know that drinking excessive amounts of alcohol while they are pregnant is dangerous to their unborn baby.

SA has highest rate of foetal alcohol disease, says NGO

About 25 000 babies are born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome every year in South Africa, an NGO said on Tuesday.

Middle-class mistake

The idea that foetal alcohol syndrome is a working-class condition has been turned on its head.

Abused from the womb

Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their unborn children at greater risk than they think, writes Anna Crafford.

Where govt fails FAS victims

The government should be doing more to deal with the high numbers of children with foetal alcohol syndrome.

Hope lives in Solms-Delta

A wine farm in the Western Cape has seen a dramatic decrease in alcohol abuse among its farm workers over the past three years.

When alcohol abuse becomes child abuse

"About half the pupils in my class suffer in some way or another from the effects of alcohol abuse by their parents and people around them."

Foetal damage in De Aar

The town with the highest known rates of foetal alcohol syndrome in the world is De Aar, which is roughly in the centre of South Africa in the country's largest and most sparsely populated province. New research has confirmed that at least 12 out of every 100 children in the Northern Cape town have been damaged by alcohol while in their mother's womb.

SA has worst foetal alcohol syndrome in the world

Women in labour so intoxicated they do not know they are giving birth, children fed alcohol to keep them quiet, and low grade wine cheaper than bread. These are realities in South Africa, the country with the worst foetal alcohol syndrome in the world.

Unborn suffer from alcohol abuse