Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done
News | 18 February 2025
Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed
News | 11 February 2025
An uptick in psychosis has followed
Feature | 28 January 2025
Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail
Feature | 19 December 2024
Preliminary research shows people are using fentanyl, a lab-made opioid over 30 times as potent as heroin, responsible for thousands of deaths in the US
News | 9 December 2024
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
News | 3 December 2024
National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking
By Daniel Steyn
News | 19 November 2024
A program supplying sterile injection equipment was stopped for months in Cape Town
Feature | 5 November 2024
Needle programs are officially supported, but the state often obstructs them
Feature | 21 October 2024
The annual event celebrating recovery from substance use started in 2015
By Tori Newby
Brief | 30 September 2024
Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 6 June 2024
Organisations are “under investigation” but have not been told why
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 5 June 2024
Provincial department of social development has stopped funding 750 beds at Life Healthcare’s treatment centres
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 28 May 2024
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is awaiting the President’s signature to become law
Brief | 6 May 2024
Concerns over further budget cuts and their impact on access to rehabilitation
News | 14 December 2023
Only about 1 in 20 South Africans with drug or alcohol problems access treatment
Text by Daniel Steyn. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 2 October 2023