Is lifting the booze ban a good thing?

Beer fans can now down a cold one at a pub every day of the week,

as there are no limits to how much South Africans are allowed to drink,

or how many alcohol promotions, taverns and liquor stores can offer.

Today, we ask whether the lifting of the ban on the sale of booze was done correctly.

Charles Parry from the South African Medical Research Council's, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Unit,

chatted to etv news anchor Naledi Moleo earlier, to unpack some of these issues.