Concoction of Harmful Substances in Homemade Alcoholic Beverages in Rural Areas of Mopani District in Limpopo Province—RSA: Implications for Social Work Practice

Abstract

The primary aim of this article is to explore and describe the production and consumption of homemade alcohol and its associated challenges in relation to implications for social work practice. Qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual design was ideal and purposive and snowball sampling methods were used in this research. Data was collected through interviews with brewers and consumers of homemade alcoholic beverages. It was found that foreign substances are put into homemade alcoholic beverages for commercial reasons in an attempt to address social exclusion.

Keywords:

• Harmful substances
• homemade alcohol
• rural area
• social work

Notes

The writing of this article was made possible by funding from NRF for emerging researchers (Thuthuka Funding).