LIQUOR POLICY OP-ED 11 December 2025 To stop killings at taverns, South Africa needs a national solution By Maurice Smithers 4 min 0
SOBERING REALITY OP-ED 22 September 2025 Fresh EFF bid to have alcohol advertising banned follows years of failed efforts by others By Maurice Smithers 9 min 5
DIGNITY DENIED OP-ED 19 February 2024 Eight years later, bodies of Lily Mine disaster victims still underground — where's the ubuntu? By Maurice Smithers 5 min 1
HAZARDOUS DRIVE OP-ED 16 November 2023 My robbery nightmare in Nyanga, Cape Town, directed by Google Maps By Maurice Smithers 5 min 56
ALCOHOLIC NATION OP-ED 23 October 2023 Zero percent: SA government fails to fulfil its commitments to regulate alcohol abuse By Maurice Smithers 6 min 2
REGULATING ALCOHOL 7 February 2022 Will this year’s Sona deliver the harm-reducing liquor legislation civil society has been waiting for? By Maurice Smithers 8 min 0
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed 26 October 2020 Counting the cost of cheap, easily available alcohol in South Africa By Maurice Smithers 5 min 0
Maverick Citizen: Op-ed 27 May 2020 Minimising health risks under Covid - is easing the ban on alcohol the right move? By Maurice Smithers 6 min 0
CORONAVIRUS OP-ED 13 April 2020 Alcohol, alcohol harm and alcohol dependency: Putting things in perspective By Maurice Smithers 5 min 0
Maverick Citizen Op-ed 1 November 2019 Substance abuse: Another wasted conference or a new beginning? By Maurice Smithers 5 min 0
