SAAPA SA’s True Cost of Alcohol Campaign Director, Nomcebo Dlamini, participated in a high-level panel at GAPC 2026 alongside delegates from Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines to discuss “The True Cost of Alcohol: Traditional Leadership, Civil Society, and Fiscal Policy Advocacy in South Africa.”
Leveraging the governance of National House of the Traditional and Khoisan leaders representing 19 million people, the campaign seeks to transition the fiscal narrative from revenue generation to social protection. This technical shift supports a strategic call to increase excise tax as a primary public health intervention to mitigate the externalized costs of alcohol harm, demonstrating a replicable, community-driven model for the Global South.
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