On Wednesday, South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said the country is losing “future generations to the scourge of underage drinking” at a ceremony remembering 21 teenagers who died mysteriously in a tavern in South Africa last month. The youngest was just 13. While the cause of death for the teenagers remains unclear, the tragedy has sparked a debate in the country over alcohol consumption, particularly underage drinking. Charles Parry, director of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit of the South Africa Medical Research Council, spoke to Marco Werman from Cape Town.
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