Social Development Deputy Minister Ganief Henricks has told the portfolio committee on Social Development the scourge of substance and drug abuse is a challenge not only for South Africa but globally.

Emigration, poverty and unemployment are contributing to the neglect, abandonment and economic abuse of senior citizens ...

Both Creecy and Hlengwa pointed out that alcohol played a big role in these crashes. Drinking and driving, as well as walking while drunk, were major problems. Hlengwa believes South Africa needs ...

Trump is threatening South Africa to prevent land reform while supporting the ... Many people try to numb their pain via alcohol abuse, which is widespread, and there is a massive heroin epidemic, ...

Judge Avinash Govindjee called for improved alcohol labelling to address the link between alcohol consumption and ...

According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa's murder rate of 45 per 100,000 ... the most ...

Three-quarters (75%) of Zimbabweans think that ordinary citizens have a role to play in fighting drug and substance abuse. Drug abuse is a problem in ... by and about Africa - aggregating ...

Because illegal alcohol consumption is difficult to track, we cannot be certain whether total consumption decreased.By Paul MaritzTHE South African government is currently considering further tax ...