THIS SOCIETY SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF ASSAULT
The debate over the impact of alcohol on gender-based violence should be considered in the context of the historical fractures and tensions that still plague South Africa today. We’re a society that speaks the language of violence. We learn it at an early age and men, in particular, expression their pain, shame, anxieties and stresses through it.
Therein lies the rub. We face a multitude of simultaneous pressures in daily South African life – some inherited, some quotidian and some attributable to, if not exacerbated by, the current moment.
The Covid-19 pandemic and
