Rethink Your Drink says Ramaphosa’s 60-day deadline on alcohol-related violence must lead to action [SOUND]

# The Rethink Your Drink Campaign says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a coordinated government response to alcohol-related violence must be treated as a deadline for action. The president has directed the minister of Trade, Industry and Competition and other government departments to develop a plan within 60 days around liquor consumption to reduce alcohol-related violence. The campaign’s spokesperson, Kashifa Ancer, says they agree with Ramaphosa that harmful alcohol use is a significant aggravating factor in interpersonal violence: