South Africa, a giant in the global drug trade, is at breaking point with the number of child addicts reaching an all-time high. Research has found that substance abuse in South Africa is double ...

Targeting drug mules alone is inadequate; efforts should focus on dismantling the drug ...

South Africa’s synthetic drug market South Africa is among 81 countries in the report that saw no change or improvement in the severity of their synthetic drug markets. However, it still boasts ...

One hundred and forty-two years after its discovery, Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem. Despite being preventable and curable, 1.3 million people died from TB in 2022 ...

Just because Pretoria is over 7,000 miles away from the battlefields of Ukraine doesn’t mean the 17-month-long war hasn’t impacted South Africa. Those effects aren’t measured in bombs ...

A drug addict shaves the head of a fellow addict, on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe “In 2013, I experienced with nyaope with friends.

Better monitoring of the purchase of codeine can help to stem a growing substance-abuse problem.Fueled by popular music, the promise of escapism and the fact that it’s relatively cheap, some of ...

An addiction expert says that South Africa’s drug crisis is worse than most realise, with children targeted and some parents ...

Beneath the surface of the city’s energy lies the unspoken reality of substance abuse, homelessness, and poverty — a crisis that grips South Africa’s youth with unrelenting ferocity.

Margaret Nduta, a 37-year-old Kenyan woman, was supposed to be executed in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday evening. She was convicted by a Vietnamese court of drug trafficking earlier this month. After ...

The issue of adulterated diesel in South Africa’s fuel supply chain is nothing new. The problem first emerged during the early 2000s and required in-depth research to solve.

South Africa's overall HIV prevalence is over 12%, according to government data. The report said the country's drug market for cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is worth about $3.5 billion, and ...