Activists and Citizens Forum (ACF) has called on South Africans to stand up and declare war on substance and drug abuse.
The forum said the country needs to flush out drugs from communities.
The forum’s spokesperson, Dennis Bloem, said the country should not stand by while future generations were being destroyed.
“It is very clear the police have lost the battle against the drug cartels. It is now in our hands as citizens to stop this crisis. Enough is enough.
“The forum calls upon communities to leave no stone unturned and organise street committees in defence of our future generations,” Bloem said.
He said the drug problem in the country had reached crisis proportions, adding that something urgent and drastic needed to be done to address the problem.
This comes after prominent musician and veteran producer Sello “Chicco” Twala claims his son Longwe Twala stole his father’s music equipment worth thousands of rands.
Twala said the incident happened while he was abroad in the US.
“Yes, I can confirm that when I was in the USA, my son Longwe and his brother Sello Twala colluded and stole my equipment in the studio.
“I won’t sit and watch a drug addict continuously stealing from me and be silent.
“I saw the likes of the late Hope Zinde and many parents killed by their own flesh and blood because of drug addiction. He and his younger brother have been stealing from me for a long time. Hence, I decided that enough was enough… Let them rot in jail,” said Twala.
Bloem said the struggle and pain that Twala and his family were going through was the struggle and pain that millions of families were going through.
He said parents were going through hell because of their children being drug addicts.
“As a parent, I share the pain and struggle of Chicco Twala and the millions of other families who are suffering in silence.
“Children assault their parents to get money from them to buy drugs. In some cases, even grandparents are victims of these drug addicts.”
The Star