neglect and abandonment every day — a growing problem according to organisations geared toward the aged. According to research, “The incidence of elder abuse in South Africa is not clear.

Judge Avinash Govindjee called for improved alcohol labelling to address the link between alcohol consumption and ...

South Africans spent R7.7 billion on alcohol between the week of 25 December 2024 to 1 January 2025. “According to the South African Society of Psychiatrists, almost 20% of South Africans – one out of ...

"A lot of crime there is not in the books, and police are corrupt as hell, it’s only super safe on paper." ...

If you think you have a drinking problem there is help without judgment ... Are you struggling with your mental health or substance abuse? South Carolina Share is offering free services as ...

Briefly News journalist Byron Pillay has spent a decade reporting on the South African political landscape ... of his mental illness but also knew that he was on drugs. The substance abuse is said to ...

From elite private schools to public institutions, gangs operate under various names, enforcing loyalty through violence and ...

We discovered NDM-1, which stands for New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, at the end of 2009, but nobody cared about it too ...

A New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) is a substance of abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation ... The use of NPS is often linked to health problems. In general, side effects of NPS range from ...

South Africa certainly had abundance. There were seemingly endless tracts of fertile farmland; rich seams of precious gold, ...

Researchers have debunked key beliefs about addiction, like that a person must hit "rock bottom" before having treatment or that teen drug use is just a rite of passage.