{"id":448338,"date":"2017-12-19T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/sa-student-body-wants-to-raise-drinking-age\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:41:06","slug":"sa-student-body-wants-to-raise-drinking-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/sa-student-body-wants-to-raise-drinking-age\/","title":{"rendered":"SA student body &#8216;wants to raise drinking age&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-278977\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SA-alcohol.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-506327942\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A leading student organisation in South Africa has called for the age restriction on drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes to be raised from 18 to to 21, the local Times Live news site reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) said the two substances \u201cmake it hard for young people to achieve academic excellence\u201d and have contributed towards students dropping out of school.<\/p>\n<p>People below the age of 21 who smoked or drank alcohol should be prosecuted and given \u201charsh sentences\u2026 because they seek to destroy the future of South Africa\u201d, Times Live quoted the statement as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-435460507\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Telesol-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '278977'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! 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