The North West legislature will hold public hearings on two Bills for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse later this month.
While cannabis is the drug most abused in SA, amphetamine-style stimulants like tik pose the greatest threat, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
There are more than 300 small-vessel launch sites and slipways around South Africa’s coastline that are not monitored by police.
The Scorpions have raided and searched a property of Dimitro Paparas, who is the co-accused of businessman Glenn Agliotti in a drug-dealing case.
The stigma attached to alcoholics and drug addicts is reinforced by our own lack of education about addiction, writes Alex Hamlyn
A commission charged by world football ruling body Fifa to resolve a conflict between Chelsea and Adrian Mutu has ruled that the Romanian international must pay his former club €12-million.
Irvin Khoza’s troubles extend beyond the R66-million tax probe directed at him.