Alcohol Abuse
latest news & developmentsStop ignoring the heavy drinking red flags
It will take more than policy to change South Africans’ excessive use of alcohol; we all need to take part in the Sober Curious movement
Alcohol abuse a threat in the South African workplace
Employers have a role to play in reducing the harm caused by alcohol abuse and helping employees get the help they need
Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates
‘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
Drugs and alcohol abuse rage in crime stats
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
Prohibition threatens wine industry’s survival
According to Wosa, the South African wine industry contributes more than R40-billion to the South African economy catering for almost 300 000 jobs.
Ramaphosa — ‘We are still near the beginning of this epidemic’
President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men’
Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
Why this legal drug may put you at risk for a killer infectious disease
That tot or two might be putting you at risk for…an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.
Is this the Bill the alcohol industry doesn’t want you to see?
South Africa is one of the hardest drinking countries in the world, but legislation to stop it been under wraps for over five years.
‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’
In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.
‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’
In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.
Men, booze and rape: What’s the link?
Studies show that there is a strong link between sexual violence and alcohol abuse. Mia Malan explains.
Does mixing sex and alcohol make it easier to get HIV?
How does your drinking affect your sex life? And can HIV infection be linked to alcohol consumption? Mia Malan gives you the facts.
[From our archives] The unforgiving days of too much wine and never enough roses
A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.
‘I gave my children booze – and now I fear for their future’
In a binge-drinking community parents often give their children alcohol, or they get it in the womb.