Binge Drinking
latest news & developments
Stop 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
Here’s the drinking conversation we need to have
Telling most South Africans they can’t drink is a nonstarter, but we need to acknowledge just how dangerous it is, and what we can do to curb it
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.
Pre-teen drinking in the Eastern Cape carries on to motherhood
One out of every ten Grade 1 learners in some parts of the province have been born with the consequences of their mothers’ drinking during pregnancy.
[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.
Alcohol kills more than Aids, TB or violence
Alcohol causes nearly 4% of deaths worldwide — more than Aids, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday.
A drink too far
Soul City’s Phuza Wize campaign is highlighting the link between alcohol and Aids, writes <b>Savera Kalideen</b>.