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Up South

1 episode - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

Imagine a South Africa where every person has the opportunity to fulfil their potential... This is the vision of the DG Murray Trust - a public innovator committed to developing South Africa’s potential through strategic investment. Brought to you by DGMT, the Up South podcast explores some of the ideas, solutions and innovations that we recognise as critical to our goal of creating an ethical and enabling environment where human needs and aspirations are met. The South Africa we dream of is a flying nation, with flourishing people, a strong economy, and a healthy, positive society.

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Call For Responsible Drinking Masks The Big Lie

February 25, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

South Africa has a complex relationship with alcohol. In this episode of Up South, Dr David Harrison, CEO of DGMT talks from the heart about that relationship, both past and present and offers a positive message on how to manage its future, healthily and sustainably, for all South Africans. While alcohol is an important contributor to the economy, it is also a huge driver of a multitude of social problems. The hard national lockdown of 2020 (due to Covid-19) served as a mass social experimen...