EAST LONDON, South Africa, June 27 (Reuters ... grief and shocked a nation accustomed to injuries linked to a binge drinking culture. Authorities ruled out an earlier-touted notion of a stampede.

Why do we drink, even as numerous medical reports assert that alcohol has the potential to mess up your health?Concerns for our health as per the doctor’s warnings aside, there are cases of adverse ...

CAPE TOWN — The owner of the bar in the South African coastal town of East London ... in a nation used to seeing casualties from a pervasive binge drinking culture. Mourners of some victims ...

Most of the victims, some as young as 13 years, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern ... a government official on safety. Drinking in South Africa is permitted for over-18s.

Questions about teenage alcohol consumption are particularly pertinent given how frequent alcohol use is among young people in South Africa and the considerable harm caused by underage drinking.

The bar, bistro and hookah lounge is part of the franchise The Teranga Group started in Atlanta, and it will bring its unique take on West African cuisine and nightlife to Charlotte’s center city.