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Social Development will host third national summit on substance abuse [SOUND]

# The Department of Social Development, in collaboration with the Central Drug Authority, is set to host the third national summit on substance abuse and illicit trafficking in Boksburg, Gauteng, next week. The summit aims to explore effective strategies in the fight against this societal issue, and the negative impact on the well-being of the population. The department’s spokesperson, Lumka Oliphant, says former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates player, Junaid Hartley, now a recovered substance user, will share his 14-year battle with addiction: