Question NW777 to the Minister of Social Development

Reply:

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	Bed capacity	(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.