Siliziwe Mbambo also said that according to the case file, the mother of Joshlin Smith threatened to assault her own grandmother

It is about power, drugs and money for young gangsters who snub ‘traditional’ loyalist rules

Research finds women and girls act as recruits, drug dealers and armed gangsters in the ‘deeply ingrained’ gang culture in the Western Cape

Boikagong Centre in Mahikeng has been closed for almost two years because it did not meet safety requirements. The discarded children say they want a safe place to learn, but…

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale…

Drug user, and later dealer, Fig lives in Yeoville in the mid-1990s. Not a novel for the faint-hearted

Scotland’s biggest city, is the epicentre of a substance abuse crisis, which saw an unprecedented 1187 drug-related deaths last year

​The US-China trade war truce includes a pledge by Beijing to tackle another lucrative — and deadly — export: fentanyl

"Working together on different solutions as a society may help us to know how to deal with the problem".

Readers write in about the auditor witch-hunt, and drug policy

All codeine products might soon require a prescription, taking them out of the reach of people needing only a mild pain killer.

Common cough, flu and pain medicines can be addictive. Codeine addiction is an increasingly well-known problem in South Africa.

Those who ‘shoot up’ have a higher risk of getting infected, but some progressive nations are encouraging drug users to adopt safer habits.

Ivory Park’s Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.

For hundreds living on Durban’s streets, life is a cycle of poverty, addiction and physical abuse, writes Fatima Asmal.

You push against the tide by taking down one dealer at a time – just mind the hell hounds and small children.

Tanzania is a transit point for drugs, the United Nations says, and South Africa is a prominent destination.

Tanzanian authorities battle to curb rise in drug smuggling into and out of the country, Florence Majani reports.

Although Jacob Zuma’s visit to Eldorado Park was welcomed, there will have to be some action before it looks like anything more than electioneering.

In what could be interpreted as the first unofficial election campaign, President Jacob Zuma descended on Eldorado Park to promise help.