Employers have a role to play in reducing the harm caused by alcohol abuse and helping employees get the help they need
‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
According to Wosa, the South African wine industry contributes more than R40-billion to the South African economy catering for almost 300 000 jobs.
President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men’
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
That tot or two might be putting you at risk for…an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.
South Africa is one of the hardest drinking countries in the world, but legislation to stop it been under wraps for over five years.
In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.
In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.
Studies show that there is a strong link between sexual violence and alcohol abuse. Mia Malan explains.
How does your drinking affect your sex life? And can HIV infection be linked to alcohol consumption? Mia Malan gives you the facts.
A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.
In a binge-drinking community parents often give their children alcohol, or they get it in the womb.
The former choirmaster and dance teacher would rather invest in his future by buying a radio than by considering giving dance classes.
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/ 22 January 2015
A compilation of edited extracts from Susan Levine’s book, Children of a Bitter Harvest, an account of the life of children in the Cape Winelands.
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/ 22 January 2015
The effects of alcoholism on pregnancy are keenly felt beyond just the Western Cape’s winelands.
Policies protect profits but they fail to address alcohol’s harmful effects on society.
Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.
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/ 17 January 2014
Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.
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/ 1 November 2013
Are parents are setting a bad example by letting their children see them in a drunken state?
A recent Times article claimed that "Africa has a drinking problem", but data shows that the majority of Africans don’t drink at all.
Bhekisisa reporter Mia Malan explains how a small village saw violent crimes wiped out since shebeens in the area were ordered to close by 7pm.
The establishment of a health promotion body in SA would save lives – and billions of rands.
The South African government has two weapons in its arsenal to curb alcohol abuse, namely Increased taxes and reduced advertising.
Doctors, government departments and the Soul City NGO have proposed stricter legislation around alcohol use.
Drug-taking, for many people, conjures up the image of a filthy, emaciated person passed out in a seedy alleyway.
Abuse of alcohol has a long-term effects on a
number of transgenerational determinants of
socio-economic development through its effect
on parenting.
<b>Charles Parry</b> argues the case for a levy on alcohol manufacturing in South Africa.
The burden experienced by South Africa from alcohol abuse affects every aspect of society, not just the abusers, research has found.
If the government gets its way, the alcohol industry could be in for a massive overhaul.
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/ 11 February 2011
Alcohol causes nearly 4% of deaths worldwide — more than Aids, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday.