eNCA Interview: Ads for alcohol contribute to a culture of binge drinking, with lax regulations enabling broad accessibility
Alcohol Harms Reduction Project lead, Zimasa Mpemnyama, talks to eNCA about how alcohol adverts normalise binge drinking and under regulation allow widespread access. Watch the interview below.
Newzroom Afrika Panel Discussion: Tackling underage drinking and alcohol abuse
Social Development Minister Sisi Tolashe is calling on parents to help curb underage drinking. The comments were made during the World No Alcohol Day Event in Umgungundlovu. DG Murray Trust Zimasa Mpemnyama, KZN Economic Regulatory Authority Bonga Mngoma, and Concerned Tshwane Liquor Traders Oupa Mthombeni joined in to explain further. Watch the discussion below.
SAFM Interview: The normalisation of binge drinking through alcohol ads, combined with loose regulations, leads to widespread accessibility
DG Murray Trust Project lead, Zimasa Mpemnyama speaks on how alcohol adverts normalise binge drinking and under regulation allow widespread access.
Umhlobo Wenene Interview: Alcohol marketing often glamorises binge drinking, while under-regulation keeps it readily within reach
DG Murray Trust Project lead, Zimasa Mpemnyama talks to Esona Funeke of Umhlobo Wenene about the dangers of alcohol addiction and DGMT’s Alcohol Harms Reduction project. Listen to the interview below.
Op-ed: Alcohol adverts normalise binge drinking, and under-regulation allows widespread access
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. In a precedent-setting ruling that sends a clear signal to […]
Cape Talk Interview: Western Cape High Court rules Kannaland Municipality’s controversial by-law unconstitutional
The Western Cape High Court has issued a final order setting aside the Kannaland Municipality’s controversial by-law which extends liquor trading hours. In a case brought against the municipality by the DG Murray Trust (DGMT), Judge Erasmus declared the by-law unconstitutional and invalid, confirming that the municipality failed to uphold its obligations to protect public […]
SAFM Interview: Extension of liquor trading hours in Kannaland deemed unconstitutional
The Western Cape High Court has issued a final order setting aside the Kannaland Municipality’s controversial by-law which extends liquor trading hours. In a case brought against the municipality by the DG Murray Trust (DGMT), Judge Erasmus declared the by-law unconstitutional and invalid, confirming that the municipality failed to uphold its obligations to protect public […]
SABC News Interview: Extension of liquor trading hours in Kannaland deemed unconstitutional
The Western Cape High Court has issued a final order setting aside the Kannaland Municipality’s controversial by-law which extends liquor trading hours. In a case brought against the municipality by the DG Murray Trust (DGMT), Judge Erasmus declared the by-law unconstitutional and invalid, confirming that the municipality failed to uphold its obligations to protect public […]
Western Cape High Court finds the Kannaland Municipality’s extension of liquor trading hours to be unconstitutional
The Western Cape High Court has issued a final order setting aside the Kannaland Municipality’s controversial by-law which extends liquor trading hours. In a case brought against the municipality by the DG Murray Trust (DGMT), Judge Erasmus declared the by-law unconstitutional and invalid, confirming that the municipality failed to uphold its obligations to protect public […]
Western Cape High Court suspends Kannaland Municipality’s new liquor bylaw pending review
The Western Cape High Court has issued an interim order, suspending the implementation of extended trading hours under the Kannaland Municipality’s newly enacted Liquor bylaw, the Control of Undertakings that Sell Liquor to the Public bylaw, 2024. The suspension comes as a result of mutual agreement between the DG Murray Trust (DGMT) and the Municipality […]