Call to action – Alcohol adverts normalise binge drinking and under-regulation allows widespread access
Reprinted from the Daily Maverick, by Zimasa Mpemnyama – 2024-09-19
Zimasa Mpemnyama is the project lead of the DG Murray Trust’s Alcohol Harms Reduction campaign.
In August 2024, the Western Cape Division of the High Court confirmed that the Kannaland Municipality had failed to protect public health and safety when it granted liquor stores, restaurants, bars and the like permission to sell alcohol into the early hours of the morning.