Cape Town – Police Minister Bheki Cele has urged tavern owners to spend at least 30 minutes teaching customers how to drink properly.
According to Times Live, Cele spoke at a tavern gender-based violence dialogue in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Thursday.
The awareness campaign, supported by the National Liquor Traders organisation, was attended by tavern owners, patrons and NGOs.
“Today is about gender-based violence and alcohol. I don’t know why people think I hate alcohol, but when people see Cele they say, ‘Cele hates alcohol.’ No. I don’t hate alcohol but the bad deeds that flow from its consumption.
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“One thing we are calling upon is that there should be proper education on how to use alcohol socially. Maybe those that run taverns should take 30 minutes. Thank them [patrons] that are there and ask them to behave properly and that when they leave, they should not beat their wife and kids and not overindulge. Then let them drink. Talk to them before they get drunk,” said Cele as quoted by the report.
Cele went on to say that men should understand that women are not commodities.
“Women, young men are not commodities. They are not there to be bought by you. They are not packets of sugar or salt. If you buy a woman drinks, that does not mean she has to pay with her body. That cannot be allowed. And that should not happen,” said Cele in a video.
[LOUD AND CLEAR] Police Minister adds his voice to the #GBVTavernDialogue he says women are NOT commodities and MEN should understand this. pic.twitter.com/7YzXt4LXEA
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