Targeted limits on alcohol consumption is urgently required
For the whole country, however, we should consider banning special discounting of prices of alcohol products and enforcing no drinking in public places, among other things
The liquor industry wants to ramp up a programme in which it trains and funds community patrollers, 10 per selected police station, to check compliance with provincial liquor trade and disaster management regulations pertaining to on-consumption outlets. If problems are found, they will report this to the police and provincial liquor authorities. This initiative is now being incorporated in the liquor social compact being set up at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) with industry, government, labour and civil society.
The tavern patroller initiative (TPI) seems like good idea at first glance, but it does raise a number of issues...
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