Question NW3557 to the Minister of Social Development
25 November 2022 - NW3557
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
For the past five financial years, what (a) total number of South Africans have benefited from her department’s substance abuse and rehabilitation programmes and (b) is the breakdown of the specified number in each province?
Reply:
a) The total number of people who benefited from substance abuse and rehabilitation programmes for the past five years is 14 276 241
b) The following is the breakdown of the specified number in each province:
- Eastern Cape
FINANCIAL YEAR |
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACCESS REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES |
2017-2018 |
1 482 |
2018-2019 |
1 380 |
2019-2020 |
2 576 |
2020-2021 |
2 013 |
2021-2022 |
2 974 |
- Western Cape
Indicator |
2017-2022 |
Number of service users who completed inpatient treatment services at funded NPO, DSD own services treatment centres and DSD CYCCs. |
5 383 |
Number of service users who accessed community-based treatment services. |
14798 |
Number of service users that have received early intervention services for substance abuse. |
31330 |
Number of service users that have received aftercare and reintegration services for substance abuse. |
9568 |
- Free State
Indicator |
2017-2022 |
People benefitted from Department’s substance abuse prevention programmes. |
205 806 |
People benefitted from rehabilitation and treatment programme for substance use disorder. |
2738 |
people benefitted from the re-integration and after care programmes |
742 |
Total |
209 286 |
- Gauteng
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES |
TOTALS |
Numbers reached through people reached through prevention programmes |
7461131 |
Number of children 18 years below reached through the Ke –Moja drug prevention |
3360020 |
Number of youth (19-35) reached through the Ke-Moja drug prevention programme |
1499097 |
Number of parents and care givers participating in Ke-Moja programmes |
298452 |
Service user who accessed outpatient-based treatment services |
42232 |
Number of service users who have access to public in patient treatment center |
5418 |
Number of services who accessed inpatient treatment services at funded treatment centre |
36371 |
Number of persons who received substance abuse treatment participating in aftercare programme |
41353 |
Number of service users who accessed funded substance abuse community based service |
59950 |
Number of service users who completed inpatient treatment services at funded treatment centres |
16610 |
Number of service users who accessed |
118447 |
Number of service users admitted at registered and funded halfway house |
2079 |
- KwaZulu-Natal
Key Performance Indicator |
Total |
Number of children 18 years and below reached through substance abuse prevention programmes. |
770889 |
Number of people (19 and above) reached through substance abuse prevention programmes. |
295669 |
Number of service users who accessed out-patient based treatment services. |
7733 |