South Africa may soon raise its legal drinking age as a new proposal calls for tougher alcohol laws and advertising bans.

In the days immediately before New Year’s Eve, spending on alcohol has been estimated at close to R1 billion per day, ...

FILE PHOTO: Spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in South Africa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's decision to reimpose a ban on the sale of alcohol upset consumers and the hospitality ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address at parliament in Cape Town JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa on Monday tightened COVID-19 restrictions, banning alcohol sales and ...

WORCESTER, South Africa, Aug 7 (Reuters) - On a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in Worcester, a forlorn rural community near South Africa's southern tip, the queue at the liquor store is the longest ...

Discover how South Africa's R25 billion illicit alcohol trade is not only draining billions from the economy but also posing ...

South Africans spent about R1bn a day on alcohol in the days leading up to New Year’s Eve, according to the Rethink Your ...

While liquor sales in many countries have been deemed essential during these days of social isolation, South Africa has taken the opposite approach. The country has been on lockdown since March 26, in ...

While 63% of the adult population in Burkina Faso abstains from alcohol consumption in any given year, those Burkinabé who consume alcohol engage in heavy alcohol use and often also in heavy episodic ...

WORCESTER, South Africa, Aug 7 (Reuters) - On a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in Worcester, a forlorn rural community near South Africa's southern tip, the queue at the liquor store is the longest ...

Africa has the world's highest proportion of binge drinkers, even though its large populations of Muslims and evangelical Christians generally abstain from alcohol. As incomes rise, it has become a ...