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Each conversation is designed to unpack real insights, practical strategies,

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[SABC News] National Alcohol Summit calls for tighter measures to curb excessive drinking

The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance has concluded its three-day National Alcohol Summit in Johannesburg. The conference brought together stakeholders to discuss the impact of harmful alcohol consumption and strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm in South Africa. Participants raised concerns about the links between excessive drinking, gender-based violence, road fatalities, health problems and the breakdown of family structures.

Oct 41 min read

[SABC News] Alcohol Harm | Summit targets alcohol harm through policy changes

The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance has convened the National Alcohol Summit at the Women's Jail on Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. A three-day conference which kicked off today, it seeks to identify policy reforms needed to reduce alcohol harm in society. And ultimately to build national consensus on what should be the priority reforms. The plan is to produce a National Call to Action with measurable commitments for implementation over the next 12 to 24 months.

Oct 11 min read

FASD Awareness Month: True Cost of Alcohol by SAAPA SA calls of an excise tax review to help prevent FASD and support affected families.

Johannesburg, September 2026 - As Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month is recognised globally, the True Cost of Alcohol campaign by Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance in South Africa (SAAPA SA) is calling for a stronger, coordinated national response that combines maternal and reproductive care with evidence-based alcohol policy. Central to this response should be alcohol excise tax reform that reduces harmful consumption while generating additional

Sep 223 min read

[IOL]South Africans got poorer, but alcohol consumption increased, UCT analysis finds

South Africans became poorer between 2017 and 2024, but consumption of tax-paid alcohol increased – which challenges the alcohol industry's claims about the growth of the illicit market as Treasury considers higher excise taxes.

Aug 141 min read

[Mail & Guardian]The Woman Asking South Africa To Confront What It Has Normalised

South Africans have become so accustomed to alcohol being part of everyday life that many hardly notice it anymore. It is there at children's birthday parties, family braais, weddings and funerals. It is celebrated in glossy advertisements during prime-time sport and sold on almost every corner in many townships. It has become so deeply woven into the country's social fabric that questioning it can feel almost radical.

Aug 71 min read

Enyobeni commemoration invites reflection on the true cost of alcohol

The anniversary of the Enyobeni tragedy provides an opportunity for South Africans to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Not one of the 21 youngsters who lost their lives at the Enyobeni Tavern in East London on 26 June 2022 would live to see their 21st birthdays. Twenty-one lives were cut short in the months South Africans celebrate the youth for their contribution to democracy. Seventeen of them were underage, which made those serving them the alcohol that contri

Jun 162 min read

[ENCA] CONDITIONS UNCHANGED, 50 YEARS LATER

A regional coordinator of the South African Alcohol Policy Alliance discusses alcohol policies and their impact on communities alongside youth leaders and activists planning to present a manifesto to the president.

Jun 151 min read

Soweto 1976 Youth March retraced to focus on unchanged conditions 50 years later

To finish what was started by the Class of ’76 fifty years ago in Soweto. This is the objective of a march taking place on Tuesday (16 June 2026) to Orlando Stadium, where veterans of the 1976 Uprising together with present-day youths plan to hand over a Manifesto to President Cyril Ramaphosa. “It is an affront to us and the youth of today that the main commemoration of the 1976 Uprising should not take place at Orlando Stadium,” says Seth Mazibuko, who helped organise the

Jun 14 min read

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