Three drug addicts tell their stories of devastation, desperation and, finally, the long road to recovery.
An eye-wateringly yellow drink is the Capital Cocktail to celebrate Cape Town’s status as World Design Capital.
Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.
The brewer is among South African-based firms mugged by the country’s descent into civil war.
Spirit-producer Diageo is betting smaller bottles can persuade sub-Saharan drinkers to sample its well-known labels, instead of homemade brews.
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/ 1 November 2013
Are parents are setting a bad example by letting their children see them in a drunken state?
The new Gauteng Liquor Bill would close loopholes in current liquor legislation, including streamlining the process of applying for a liquor licence.
Average consumers are spending their money largely on transport, housing and food.
Grappa was once rough trade, the uncouth Italian peasant not fit to associate with the aristocratic grape spirit, cognac.
Restricting marketing of liquor will have a negative effect on the industry and the economy, says the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
A ban on alcohol advertising won’t work in SA, says Econometrix, which predicts that the prohibition will have a negative impact on the economy.
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.
Retailers in the city’s Beyogly district fear that a planned government clampdown on alcohol sales could threaten livelihoods and personal freedoms.
In a far-flung district, a night-time ban on shebeens has wiped out violence in a village.
Brandy is the liquor for men aspiring to be heroes, proclaimed Dr Samuel Johnson (assigning port to less ambitious guys and claret to boys).
In an unlikely arid part of the Cape, a vineyard with a long witblits tradition is now producing a notable white wine.
A government task team investigating restrictions on alcohol advertising would probably not recommend an outright ban, media reported on Wednesday.
Some bosses in China demand that their employees consume alcohol on the job.
Alcohol is widely available in Lebanon, a country considered one of the most liberal in the Middle East, but it is frowned upon is some Muslim areas.
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/ 10 December 2010
South African drinkers consume on average 17 litres of pure alcohol a year, placing them among the heaviest drinkers in the world.
If alcohol were to be synthesised in a lab today it would be a Schedule 5 drug, said panellists at an M&G forum on alcohol.
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/ 4 December 2008
Americans will on Friday toast the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and was repealed in 1933 on economic grounds.
South Africa’s current blood-alcohol concentration limit of 0,05% should be lowered to 0,02% for all drivers, says the Automobile Association.
Are energy drinks creating a generation of binge drinkers and troubled teens? Nechama Brodie investigates.
The African National Congress Youth League calls for a ban on alcohol advertising.
South Africans probably consume almost as much sorghum beer as they do lager, and roughly two-thirds of the traditional African beer is homebrewed.
Clinical psychologist Dr Lou-Marie Kruger says South Africans drink to self-medicate.
"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."
Driving drunk can change lives forever, yet many South Africans — perhaps lulled by a lack of effective law enforcement — do it every day.
The perfect hangover cure has long been the Holy Grail for barflies and near-teetotallers alike.
Within half an hour of having a drink, alcohol molecules spread into all tissues of a human body.