South Africa is a place of contrast. Beauty and brutality coexist in the same streets. Opportunity and desperation sit side by side. Families build futures in environments shaped by uncertainty and stress. Under these conditions addiction does not appear as a mystery. It appears as a response to a life that feels overwhelming. When a …
The Rise of a Drug That Doesn’t Just Take Lives In every part of South Africa, from Cape Town’s Cape Flats to small mining towns and middle-class suburbs, methamphetamine has evolved from a “dangerous drug” to a full-scale societal emergency. Tik doesn’t just create chaos inside a person, it reshapes entire communities around its destruction. …
We love a trainwreck, especially when it’s famous. The world has always had a strange relationship with addiction, but when it involves fame, money, and beauty, the story changes. The fall becomes fascinating. The suffering becomes art. From rockstars to movie icons, we’ve romanticised self-destruction for decades. The “tortured genius,” the “wild heart,” the “troubled …
