#DrugfreeSouthAfrica March shakes Pretoria streets

by: Nsuku khosa

image source: Nsuku khosa. the march from Burgers Park to union Building.

A March to fight against drugs took place in Pretoria 15 September, Friday morning, led by Xolani Khumalo the Sizok’thola host on Moja love, to highlight the scourge of drug abuse in the country.

The Sizok’thola host invited Mzansi to join and march to union buildings standing together to fight against drugs in South Africa. In the early hours of Friday morning many gathered at Pretoria Burgers Park where it was stated that the march will start from till union buildings, people came in numbers to support the Xolani Khumalo foundation to fight against drug abuse.

image source: Nsuku khosa. xolani Khumalo foundation members and other supporters.

The South African National Taxi Association (SANTA) also joined the march in supporting Xolani on the #DrugfreeSouthAfrica march together and give free transport to participants with Residents of Region 7 Zithobeni Branch, Abo mama Bezililo, Bikers, Thathazonke and many more organistions were there to support this movement whereby they were given the opportunity to also voice out as supports of this movement.

image source: Nsuku khosa . Xolani Khumalo addressing the crowed about the fight against drugs movement at union Buildings

A letter of demand was read to the crowed and headed over to the SAPS to sign Infront of the crowed and given 11 days to reply to it some of the demands, was to provide more rehabilitation centres, to take the drug abuse matter serious and arrest drug dealers, to work together with Xolani and his team to free our country from drugs and teacher students about drug abuse.

Abnar Tsebe the leader of SANTA said in his speech that as taxi associations there are tired of this drug abuse and that it needs to come to an end enough is enough taxi drivers are ready to stand and fight against drug abuse in the taxi ranks and the streets. Xolani said that time to sit down and watch our brothers and sisters die from drugs is over its time to rise up as Mzansi and say no to drugs, he further said he is willing to do everything to fight against drugs, his ready for whatever may come his way, but he will not back down, and he will fight across the country till we conquer drug abuse.

image source : Nsuku khosa. a community member of shoshaguve stating that for her coming her was to show support to fight against the drugs killing our young people around the townships.

Mzansi was very happy to be part of this movement this showed them that together we can fight this thing and conquer it, Xolani said that today is the end of drugs in South Africa as the movement will be taking over from today, they will be cleaning the streets from drug dealers and make Mzansi a better place.