-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.

Four suspects will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court- after a video went viral on social media showing a women offer a four-year-old boy a smoke from a mandrax pipe. The resident of Newclare in Johannesburg are demanding justice. Meanwhile this has opened a new discussion about young children having such close access to drugs in their communities. Margaret Zulu, Child Protection/ Migration & Displacement Thematic Lead at Save the Children South Africa and Adeshni Naicker Director of Childline in KwaZulu-Natal joined the conversation.

-by Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad.
Four suspects will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court- after a video went viral on social media showing a women offer a four-year-old boy a smoke from a mandrax pipe. The resident of Newclare in Johannesburg are demanding justice. Meanwhile this has opened a new discussion about young children having such close access to drugs in their communities. Margaret Zulu, Child Protection/ Migration &amp; Displacement Thematic Lead at Save the Children South Africa and Adeshni Naicker Director of Childline in KwaZulu-Natal joined the conversation.

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