South Africa to ban alcohol advertising
South Africa, according to AFP, plans to ban alcohol advertising. This is in a bid to reduce violent crime, allegedly fuelled by excessive drinking.
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The SA Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, is reported by AFP to have said that with one of the world's highest crime rates, South Africa actually attracts foreign experts "just to learn to deal with wounds of injury and violence because we are regarded as a laboratory for that."
"The driving factor behind this is alcohol, the harmful effects of alcohol. We're not going to pull back about the issue of alcohol control, including the banning on advertising of alcohol." Read more.
