Hard drugs flood Goodhope schools

Thursday, July 27, 2017

GATHWANE; Hard drugs, including home-made intoxicants have swamped boarding schools in Goodhope and Digawana villages, leaving police at their wits end on how to nip the problem in the bud.

On Tuesday, Goodhope police station commander, superintendent Mogomotsi Kwapa said the use and trade of drugs within Goodhope Senior Secondary School (GHSSS) and Nthwalang Junior School had reached “seriously alarming levels”.

“We are seriously alarmed by the rate of drugs use in schools in our policing area particularly at Goodhope senior where it is evident that marijuana finds its way into the school in bulk,” he said.

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