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The City of Johannesburg plans to roll out more anti-drug campaigns throughout the City’s seven regions to beat the scourge and encourage the youth to choose sport instead.
This follows two successful campaigns launched in Roodepoort and Kliptown by members of the department of Public Safety’s Communication, Disaster Management and Strategic Support units.
Over the weekend of 16 and 17 November 2019, City of Johannesburg officials set up shop at the Kliptown informal settlement and Kliptown Square to bring the message of the dangers of drugs and how to quit the bad habits.
“The aim of the awareness is to educate the community about the danger of the Aldicarb/Temik/Two Step, which is known as Galephirimi. Aldicarb is a poison used to kill rats and it leads to death.
Children and adults die if they eat it by mistake,” said Public Safety’s Nomasonto Manyehlisa.
“Many people use the poison to commit suicide, murder and poison guard dogs to commit crime. If you touch or eat an animal killed by poison you will die. So, we urge the people not to use the substance as it is illegal and it is a criminal offence to sell, buy, have it in your possession, or use for any purpose, hand it over to anyone and to sell any unlabeled,” said Manyehlisa.
She said if anyone is found in the possession of Aldicarb, they can be fined or imprisoned.
City of Johannesburg residents can call Central Environmental Health on 011 407 6545, Emergency Management Services 011 375 10177 or 112 or Johannesburg Metro Police on 011 375 5911 in cases of poisoning.
Residents are also urged to use the Tip- Offs Anonymous line 0800002587/SMS 32840 so that Public Safety authorities can put a stop to illegal drug activity.
