Do 15% of SA's population have a drug problem? We fact-check 4 ‘shocking stats’

An addict injects himself with a drug cocktail known in South Africa as nyaope in an abandoned building in Simunye township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Photo: AFP/MUJAHID SAFODIEN

Do 15% of SA’s population have a drug problem? We fact-check 4 ‘shocking stats’

In a newsletter that goes to 700,000 medical aid members a health insurance company presented “shocking South African drug statistics”. But are these claims factually accurate?