For many years South African farmers, particularly in the Western Cape, paid workers using the 'dop system', where workers are paid in & supplied liberally with alcohol as a 'fringe benefit' used as a form of social control to keep farm workers & their families docile

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Today's common public perceptions about Coloured people being heavy drinkers stem directly from the dop system, which even after being outlawed in 1960 and again more extensively in the early 2000s, continues to be practiced in some areas

Even though are now paid mainly in cash, many still spend this money on alcohol sold by their employers, mainly cheap wine sold in a foil-lined plastic bag, called the 'pap sak'. Although the SA wine industry banned the production of this packaging, the effects persist

Health problems prevalent among the farm workers include cirrhosis (liver damage), TB, child and adult malnutrition, slowed brain function & foetal alcohol syndrome in children who's pregnant mothers excessively drink alcohol, which perpetuates generational health decay...

Other issues include stunted growth, with farmworkers in the Western Cape, on average, being 2.5cm shorter than city dwellers due to their limited payment under the dop system. Implying that that the lack of sufficient payment has caused physical developmental issues

Social problems include well-documented emotional instability, irrationality, anger and aggression, leading to high levels of physical and sexual abuse, community violence and disruptions to family in Coloured communities

The limited ability to escape the dop system contributes to community development issues. People are unable to change their way of life, the heavy drinking at home perpetuates the cycle of hopelessness. This benefits farmers who are assured of a steady supply of labour

Today, Coloured farmworker's are caricatured and stereotyped as lazy alcoholics, when in fact they were taught and indoctrinated to view alcohol as a reward for hard work, an indication of the power of social engineering and deliberate degeneration.