The aims of SAAPA are to:
Industry influence and government spats stalled regulations that could have curbed harmful alcohol use in South Africa nearly a decade ago.
Alcohol is a legal drug and classified by the International Agency for Research on Alcohol as a group 1 carcinogen linked to 7 cancers, road crashes and interpersonal violence. As a professor of Community Medicine and Health Care at the University of Connecticut, Thomas Barbor has noted, alcohol is, therefore, ‘no ordinary commodity’ and requires effective regulation.
Western Cape Liquor Authority has launched a video in three languages to explain how citizens can raise their concerns about any liquor trading.
We know what business and the trade unions think of SONA. We have heard what the other political parties have to say. But how have civil society organisations responded?
Following the cold-blooded shooting of seven patrons in two Khayelitsha liquor outlets on Wednesday and Friday night last week. The Khayelitsha Health Forum and the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance want the Liquor Authority to relook at the number of licenses to sell alcohol in Khayelitsha and they also want better policing and closing down of unlicensed outlets.
Today organisations and countries across the world observe No Alcohol Day. WHO Afro region will also gather in Johannesburg to deliberate the implementation of the Global Alcohol Strategy of 2010 by countries on the continent. And across the oceans public health advocates and researchers are gathering in Melbourne to share emerging evidence on health outcomes where governments like Russia, Scotland and Thailand introduced regulatory measures.
The President’s response to the link to alcohol and GBV is a step backward for the country.
The Global Alcohol Policy Conference (GAPC) is the leading forum for the world's alcohol policy makers, advocates, researchers, civil society activists and practitioners.
When the new Constitution was drafted in post-apartheid South Africa, the notion of ‘free choice’ was integral to its framing. Not surprising, given the extent to which the apartheid government attempted to control every aspect of every South African’s life.
Alcohol the “legal” drug that costs South Africa billions