Hospitals flood as alcohol sales restart in South Africa

By: Anelisa Sibanda
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South Africa moved to level 3 of lock down at the beginning of June and lifted the ban on alcohol. This has resulted in a lot of accidents happening in different parts of the country and more people being admitted to hospitals due to drinking irresponsibly. The number of violence cases has been rapidly increasing more especially after the ban on alcohol was lifted.

Bianca Banda(21), said alcohol has to be banned again as since the ban was lifted there has been a rise in violence cases and a lot of accidents have happened due to drinking and driving. “More people have been admitted in hospitals due to drinking irresponsible, flooding hospital beds which are meant for the people who are infected with COVID-19”, said Banda.

Pabalelo Mehlape (22), said that alcohol should not be banned as this will only increase the breaking in at liquor stores and that people will still buy alcohol backdoors. “Our economy is not stable right now and if alcohol is banned again our economy will go down as alcohol seems to be boosting our economy”, added Mehlape.

Vinolia Machava (23), believes that alcohol has to be banned as there is an over-excitement in people. “Intoxicated people cannot adhere to anything instead of drinking at home people now host parties which are not allowed under lockdown”, added Machava. Machava also noted that alcohol is not the reason behind gender-based but that it is a contributing factor to it.

Primrose Moluoane(21) noted that people are not complying with the laws which came with the resell of alcohol hence they put their lives and those next to them in danger. “As much as alcohol is good for our economy it puts other people’s lives in danger, for instance, a lot of accidents happened due to drinking and driving”, added Moluoane.  

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