Leaders should do more than cry for youth addicted to alcohol

In his celebrated novel, Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton, conveys the anguish of the South African parents who had to endure the effects of a disintegrating South Africa on their children.

When the story ends with the execution of young Absalom, one can feel the agony of his family as they witness the waste that apartheid South Africa produced, especially on the youth. This tragedy comes to mind every time I visit the county of my birth. The character of the disintegration may not be as acute as that of apartheid, but it is no less tragic.