South Africa

Cutting through the myths and misconceptions around harm reduction services for addicts

By Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa

Under bridges in Durban: the alarming rise of heroin injection and public health risks

By Jesse Copelyn

Maverick News

Cheap and nasty — heroin use in South Africa surges as price plummets

By Jesse Copelyn

South Africa

Brazen Soweto criminals now target delivery vehicles at traffic lights and malls

By Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa

SA is facing a fast-escalating heroin crisis — and it’s being misunderstood

By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

South Africa

Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

By Tshabalira Lebakeng

South Africa

The Nyaope Boys — ‘There is one way in; your way out, it’s only when you are dead’

By Tshabalira Lebakeng

Maverick Citizen

‘Let’s pray you’ll be okay’ – my escape from a backyard drug rehab

By Zano Kunene

DM168

Hope and play – Soweto’s public parks are not safe havens for kids, only criminals

By Tshabalira Lebakeng

South Africa

Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko is appointed Gauteng health MEC - mainly for financial expertise rather than health knowledge

By Mark Heywood

South Africa

Harm reduction — the radical approach to drug addiction that helps save lives

By Maru Attwood

South Africa

June 16th 2022, and young people in Orlando have nothing to celebrate

By Tshabalira Lebakeng