Social Development

[a]  What is the number of drug rehabilitation centres that are

[i] privately owned

There are currently 22 privately owned Treatment Centres within the Province.

[ii] funded by her Department,

There are currently six [6] departmental Funded In-Patient Treatment Centres in the Province, listed below is the treatment centres:

• Toevlug Centre for Substance Use Disorders
• The Salvation Army Hesketh King
• RAMOT Treatment Centre
• Keep the Dream [Namaqua Treatment Centre]
• Saartjie Baartman
• Tehillah Community Collaborative

Public Treatment Centres

The Western Cape Province has established 1 Public Treatment Centre, namely Kensington Treatment Centre according to section 17, subsection [1] of the Prevention and of Treatment for Substance Abuse Act 70 of 2008

[b] what is the breakdown per

[i] municipality and [ii] location,

Below is the breakdown of the various private treatment centres within the Province, per municipality and location

Number of Private Treatment Centres	Municipality	Location
4	Bitou	Plettenberg Bay
4	City of Cape Town	Kenilworth
1	City of Cape Town	Blouberg Strand
1	Knysna	Elandskraal
1	City of Cape Town	Boston
1	City of Cape Town	Plumstead
1	City of Cape Town	Firgrove
1	City of Cape Town	Landsdowne
1	City of Cape Town	Houtbay
1	City of Cape Town	Goodwood
1	City of Cape Town	Claremont
1	City of Cape Town	Houtbay
1	City of Cape Town	Kommetjie
1	George	George
1	Breede Valley	Worcester
1	Drakenstein	Simonduim
1	City of Cape Town	Milnerton

[c][i] what is the number of patients who have been treated at each of the drug rehabilitation centres that were funded by her department in

[aa] 2020, [bb] 2021 and [cc] 2022 to date and

[ii] what is the duration of the treatment per patient and

Treatment Centre	Duration	Municipality	Location	Service Users Access Treatment 2019/2020	Service Users Access Treatment 2020/2021	Service Users Access Treatment 2021/2022
Toevlug	Youth: 5 weeks Adults: 5 weeks	Breede Valley	Worcester	267	130	248
The Salvation Army Hesketh King	Youth: 7 weeks Adults: 12 weeks	Stellenbosch	Muldersvlei	161	106	125
RAMOT Treatment Centre	6 weeks	City of Cape Town	Parow East	110	59	114
Saartjie Baartman	16 weeks	City of Cape Town	Manenberg	24	15	39
Tehillah Community Collaborative	6 weeks	City of Cape Town	Leonsdale	N/A	N/A	43
Keep the Dream Namaqua Treatment Centre	6 weeks	Matzikama	Lutzville	90	80	77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[d] what is the prevalence of drugs and substance abuse among young people in the province?

According to the latest SECENDU report of 2020, published December 2021, the following data was collected from 34 treatment centres during the period for July 2020 to December 2020, for patients younger than 20 years old, who access

treatment within Western Cape. Due to COVID-19 some of the treatment centres were not fully operational.

• Most patients in the age group younger than 20 years [65%] were males.
• A higher proportion of patients in the age group 20 years and younger were referred to treatment centres by self/family/friends [48%]. There has also been an increased compared to the previous period. This followed by referrals by schools [32%] and referrals by social service/welfare at [11%]
• The primary substance use for patients younger than 20 years [60%] were treated for Cannabis use. There was also a significant increase from [23%-60%] that was admitted for treatment. [21%] of patients 20 years and younger were treated for Methamphetamine use. There has also been a decrease from [40%-21%]
•  The mode of use for the age group 20 years and younger were smoking followed by swallowing.
• It was reported that males dominated all substances, however, there has been in increase in female patients admitted for alcohol use.
• The primary substance use per race for patients younger than 20 years has seen an increase from [24%-59%] for Cannabis use in Coloured patients and Black/African [23%-66%]. There was also a decrease in Methamphetamine use [40%-17%] and a slight increase in alcohol use amongst Coloured patients [12%-17%]. This may also be linked to the Government restriction on alcohol.