By Obakeng Maje
Taung-North West Department of Social Development in partnership with non-profit organisations will Thursday embark on door-to-door campaign at Lokaleng in Taung to highlight the plight of substance abuse.

The campaign is dedicated to the late former President Ntate Nelson Mandela who in his lifetime spoke against the abuse of substances and drugs.

Substance abuse co-ordinator Mfana Tsotetsi said the main objectives of the campaign is to promote the implementation of prevention and rehabilitation programmes, to provide factual information to the youth and the wider community on drugs and alcohol and to raise awareness on the dangers of drug use and associated risks.

“With this campaign, we also aim at encouraging members of the community to actively participate in substance abuse activities and motivate role-players to intensify their efforts in bringing about the desired change in communities as far as substance abuse is concerned,” Tsotetsi said, adding a massive campaign will be conducted at the taxi rank on Friday.

SAPS, local drug action committee, ex-drug addicts and community members will on Friday join the march to Taung taxi rank to demonstrate their stance on substance abuse.

Details of the campaign are as follows:-

Date: Thursday, 12 December 2013
Activity 1: Door to door campaign at Lokaleng village in Taung
Time : 09h00

Date: Friday, 13 December 2013
Activity 2: Substance abuse campaign at Taung taxi rank
Time : 09h00.-TDN
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