Fire*, the baby-faced hustler, appears grinning in the doorway of a cramped, dank room made of corrugated iron and chipboard. He wears a maroon jersey, tattered blue jeans and dusty Adidas running ...

The use of nyaope has become one of the leading causes for mental illness in South Africa. This was revealed by deputy director of the mental health directorate, Dr Sophie Lenkwane. Dr Lenkwane was ...

The stale odour of marijuana hangs thick in the air, discarded beer bottles are littered around the entrance to *Sam Maseko’s room. Inside the room the stench is overwhelming. It is dark, humid and ...

There is a new, “very disturbing” way for nyaope addicts to get a high. According to reports, the new method used around Soshanguve is known as Bluetooth. One persons shoots up, then the others who ...

Trauma is often the gateway 'drug' that puts young South Africans on the path to nyaope addiction and, once addicted, they become unemployable, untrustworthy and turn to crime to fund the habit. "I am ...

Dealers in and users of the drug cocktail nyaope will face up to 25 years in jail with the amendment of the Drugs and Trafficking Act. Until Friday last week, possession and use of the highly ...

Mbombela - Mpumalanga traditional authorities have blamed nyaope and asthma for the deaths of two initiates in the province recently. The first initiate died at an initiation school in Emalahleni, ...

A women and her child walk past portraits of former South African President Nelson Mandela, painted by O.J. Zwane, in Soweto on Sunday. Mandela was discharged from hospital on Sunday after a keyhole ...