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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.
