By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Save the Children South Africa is concerned about toddlers being coerced into using drugs in local communities. A mother will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court this week on charges of attempted murder and drug abuse - after a video went viral showing her offering her four-year-old son a smoke from a mandrax pipe. Three others have also been charged in the case. Child Protection Lead at Save the Children - Margaret Zulu says communities need to report any suspicious behaviour if they think a child is being subjected to drug abuse...

 

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Save the Children South Africa is concerned about toddlers being coerced into using drugs in local communities. A mother will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court this week on charges of attempted murder and drug abuse - after a video went viral showing her offering her four-year-old son a smoke from a mandrax pipe. Three others have also been charged in the case. Child Protection Lead at Save the Children - Margaret Zulu says communities need to report any suspicious behaviour if they think a child is being subjected to drug abuse...
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