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EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
NEW INPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE YOUTH
State opens drug rehab T REPORTER
HE long awaited and much called for state-run in-patient drug treatment centre for young people in the Eastern Cape will open in Nelson Mandela Bay in July.
This week the MEC for Social Development, Nancy Sihlwayi, was part of a delegation that embarked on a roadshow in the Northern Suburbs to promote the services of the treat-
ment centre as this area has been identified as a particularly high risk area for substance abuse according to STATS SA. The facility, named the Ernest Malgas Treatment centre, will be situated in New Brighton, hosting 38 children between 13 and 18 years for a residential treatment period of 9 weeks, featuring a multi-disciplinary approach. The centre is expected to be operational mid-July after the building has been completed. The first group of service users will com-
mence treatment by the end of July. With treatment in private drug rehabilitation centres costing over R35 0000, there has been a great need for a state-run facility for parents who cannot afford to have their children admitted to private centres. Local director of the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA), Zarina Ghulam, said they have been waiting a long time for such an initiative to take place in the metro. “We are now faced with a new drug called
From left are Gemma Oosthuizen (13), Siphesihle Ngqandu (10), Mia Swart (13), Chloe van Rooyen (11) and Anél Strauss (10). PHOTO: ZELDRÉ SWANEPOEL
krokodil which is fast becoming a huge problem among the youth. Because we are an outpatient facility only, this centre (as an in-patient facility) will make it easier for us to combat drug use in the city. We are in urgent need of this facility and it could not have come at a better time,” said Ghulam. Ghulam said SANCA treats over 60 people monthly and in the past 6 months 50% of those have been youths under 18 years of age. Continued on page 4
Arms full of trophies for dancing Starz ZELDRÉ SWANEPOEL FIVE dancers from the All Starz Academy Acrobatic and Rhythmic Gymnastics and Dance came home with a bunch of trophies when they competed in the World Dance Masters competition in Croatia recently. The girls were accompanied by coach Lorraine Tait, who said the competition was very tough. “The girls did extremely well though, and I am so proud of them.” Proudly representing South Africa, the girls competed against 5 000 dancers from 28 countries. The competition had 14 international judges. The girls received the following trophies: . Siphesihle Ngqandu (10) - 1 x first place; 3 x second place; 1 third place . Chloe van Rooyen (11) - 3 x second place; 1 x third place . Gemma Oosthuizen (13) - 1 x first place; 1 x second place; 1 third place . Anel Strauss (10) - 1 x first place; 1 x second place; 1 x third place . Mia Swart (13) - 1 x third place
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