Jacob Zuma listens to drug addicts’ stories at church in Soshanguve
President Jacob Zuma visited nyaope addicts at a church in Soshanguve near Pretoria on Tuesday, to listen to their stories about how they became addicted to drugs and why they could not stop. He spoke to some addicts individually for close to two hours‚ asking questions about drug dealers in the area, and also talked about the controversial "bluetooth" craze, where drug users inject each other with their blood to get high. Members of the media were excluded from the visit. Zuma was joined by ministers and deputy ministers‚ including State Security Minister David Mahlobo. "We started in the Block L area, where we spoke with young people who are taking drugs and who want to get out of it‚" Zuma said. "I heard about this particular group from a colleague at the office‚ so I went there to listen to them. "We got, I think, a very frank description of the problems of those that want to come out of the drugs. We are going to be able to meet and work on a plan on how to help them‚" he said....
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