South Africa has high levels of alcohol consumption, and the availability of alcohol outlets plays a significant role in shaping drinking patterns. Alcohol outlets are typically concentrated in specific small areas, and their density and trading hours can influence alcohol-related harm. Several studies have shown that greater outlet density and extended trading hours are linked …

’n Hoër konsentrasie van drankverkooppunte, verlengde handelsure en wydverspreide ongelisensieerde drankverkope lei tot ’n groter risiko vir gesinsgeweld en geweld teen vroue en kinders. So het die Suider-Afrikaanse Alliansie vir Alkoholbeleid (Saapa) en die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand(Wits) se skool vir openbare gesondheid bevind in ’n studie wat oor agt gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika, Lesotho, Botswana …

Higher alcohol outlet density, longer trading hours and widespread unlicensed alcohol sales contribute to an increased risk of domesticconflict and violence towards women and children. This is among the key findings of a study investigating the link between alcoholavailability and gender-based violence (GBV). The study – a joint project by theSouthern African Alcohol Policy Alliance …

When Aadielah Maker Diedericks talks about what shaped her life’s work, she does not begin with university or her career. Instead, she goes back to her childhood, where inequality was not an abstract concept but something her family experienced every day. Born in District Six before her family was forcibly removed to Mitchell’s Plain, Diedericks grew up …