Harm reduction
Alcohol industry used “regulatory capture” to delay liquor bill, say researchers
Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years
By Daniel Steyn
News | 4 April 2025
HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut
Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done
News | 18 February 2025
Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid
Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed
News | 11 February 2025
Cheap tik takes hold in Tshwane townships
An uptick in psychosis has followed
Feature | 28 January 2025
From hustling on the streets to recovery: a young man’s triumph over drugs
Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail
Feature | 19 December 2024
Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid
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
From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
News | 3 December 2024
Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price
National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking
By Daniel Steyn
News | 19 November 2024
How government is hindering its own drug policies
A program supplying sterile injection equipment was stopped for months in Cape Town
Feature | 5 November 2024