South Africa

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

by: Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa, Maverick News

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, Maverick News

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

by: Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

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

by: Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

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, Maverick News

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

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

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

by: Mark Heywood

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

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

by: Maru Attwood

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

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

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng