The Department has established state treatment centres in all the nine provinces. The total number of (a)state treatment centres in the country are thirteen (13) centres. The breakdown of treatment centres in provinces is as follows: Gauteng (1) Dr FF Ribeiro treatment treatmentcentre; Limpopo (1)Seshegotreatment centre; Northern Cape (1) Northern Cape treatment centre; Eastern Cape (1) Ernest Malgastreatment centre; Western Cape (2)Denovo and Kensington treatment centres; KwaZulu Natal(2)Madadeni and Newlands Park treatment centres; Mpumalanga (2) centres Swartfointen and Nkangala treatment centres; Free State (1)Botshabelo treatment centres ; and North West (2)Taung and J B Marks treatment centres. Taung treatment centre (North West) and Botshabelo (Free State) are not yet operational.
The bed capacity in each centre (b)and the location of the centres(c)is as follows:
Province and name of the centre |
|
(c) Location |
Gauteng DrFF Ribeiro centre |
300 |
Zonderwater Cullinan, Pretoria |
Limpopo Seshego centre |
72 |
Seshego Zone 1 Polokwane, Limpopo |
Northern Cape Northern Cape centre |
40 |
R31 National road, Kimberly |
Eastern Cape Ernest Malgas centre |
38 |
New Brighton 2, Port Elizabeth |
Western Cape Denovo centre |
120 |
Old Paarl Road Kraaifontein, Cape Town |
Western Cape Kensington centre |
30 |
Kensington Road Maitland, Cape Town |
KwaZulu Natal Madadeni centre |
44 |
Madadeni Township, Newcastle |
KwaZulu Natal Newlands Park centres |
100 |
New Land West-Newlands Park, Durban |
Mpumalanga - Swartfointen centre |
50 |
R40 Road White River, Mpumalanga |
Mpumalanga -Nkangala centre |
Operationalisation underway it will have 50 bed capacity |
Nkangala district: Blesfontein Farm Ogies |
Free State - Botshabelo centre |
Construction is underway: will have 40 bed capacity |
Botshabelo, Bloemfontein |
North West - J B Marks |
40 capacity |
Tlokwe-Potchefstroom |
North West - Taung |
Once operational it will have 20 bed capacity |
Greater Taung Nr.1 Village |
State treatment centres (d) have started to implementSubstance Use Disorders (SUD) treatment, in an inpatient treatment setting. The SUDtreatment include the medical and psychosocial treatment services. The treatment is also based on individual service users’ treatment needs identified during the assessment process.
The treatment modalities that are usedare individual therapeutic counselling, therapeutic group counselling and family therapy. In terms of treatment regime for specific drugs, the centres observe the Department of Health Standard Treatment Guidelines for Essential Medicines List, of South Africa.
(e).The treatment period/duration range from 6 weeks to 16 weeks based on the needs of each service user.