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25 -28 August 2008 Action for a Safe South Africa held a conference at Vodaworld in Midrand recently. Sober S.A. hosted work groups to discuss an "Alcohol safe" South Africa. The following goals came out of the groups. Three goals have been put forward, first to facilitate greater community ownership of the alcohol environment in our communities; second to ensure that specific legislative/regulatory reform takes place in areas such as drinking and driving, alcohol advertising, and schools as alcohol-free zones; and third, to form of a single body, an Alcohol Health Promotion Foundation, to action a national campaign to improve alcohol health at various levels in society. This body would not replicate existing programmes, but would instead be used to kick start, support and maintain the proposed community mobilisation efforts and various new initiatives, like stimulating alternative economic activities for persons who are involved in survivalist selling of alcohol and supporting counter-advertisements. Key1-Charles Parry, 2-Warren Whitfield, 3-Aadielah Maker, 4-Sebastian van As, 5-Bronwynne Pereira, 6-Neo Morojele, 7-Gary Ronald, 8-Caro Smit, 9-Grant Jardine, 10-Bill Rogers, 11-Soul City, 12-Yussuf Saloojee, 13-Barabara Holtmann, 14-Roelf Meyer.
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| Goal 1 | Further description | Action steps | | Accomplish greater community ownership of the alcohol environment | Address issues of: o Retail sale of alcohol in communities (mainly) o Social host responsibility o Alcohol marketing (billboards, signage) o Alcohol-free school zones Will be a synergy between this area and areas (2) and (3) | o Facilitate coalition building o Implement pilot community projects (incl. mobilisation, recording of statistics @ community level) o Link to initiatives of other groups (e.g. X Power of 1, Safety in Home,7 to 24) o Develop good practice guidelines | |
| Who responsible (driver underlined) | Time lines | |
| Soul City3,5, MRC6, SADD8, Gauteng Taverners’ Association, MAAPSA, CSIR13) | 2009 (April) for launch | | Big idea | Further description | Action steps | | Goal 2 | Further description | Action steps | | See that specific legislative / regulatory reform takes place & is acted on | Change policy: o zero alcohol levels for drivers o compulsory alcohol testing @ crash scenes or where serious moving traffic offences o institute alcohol-free school zones o external regulation of alcohol advertisements (pre-approval) o “equal time” for public health counter-advertising | o Build coalition(s) o Advocate with DoT, DoComS, DoE o Prepare a policy document for policy reform | |
| Who responsible (driver underlined) | Time lines | |
| AFSSA driver group (incl. MRC1, AAC10, UCT4, Soul City5, AA7, SADD8, CTDCC9, Legal Resources Centre, SAHRC. IDASA PMG) | 2010 (passing of legislation but activities need to start sooner) 2010 (passing of legislation) 2010 (passing of legislation) 2012 (passing of legislation) 2012 (passing of legislation) | |
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| | Goal 3 | Further description | Action steps | | Establish an Alcohol Health Promotion Foundation | Will stimulate & support community mobilisation efforts; funded by a 1% tax on profits from major alcohol manufacturers (importers) | o Form a coalition o Lobby for legislation to tax industry (DTI) o Plan for set up of Foundation | |
| Who responsible (driver underlined) | Time lines | |
| Soul City5, MRC1, UCT4 (alcohol coalition incl. AAC2, AFSSA driver group13,14, Int’l experts (Jernigan), NAS12 | 2011 (passing of legislation but activities need to start sooner) |
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