SA boozers top of the tots

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Elsabé Brits

Cape Town - South Africa is one of the biggest liquor consumers in the world with a per capita consumption of 10litres alcohol (hard liquor) an adult a year.

Serious alcohol abuse, which exceeds any other substance abuse, costs the country R9.5bn rand a year, which amounts to as much as 2% of the gross domestic product.

According to various studies by the Medical Research Council's alcohol and substance abuse research group, South Afrcans consume more than six billion litres of alcohol products a year.

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