The Herald goes back, way back, to 24 April 1987, for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.
Sakkie Ngobeni, a counsellor and halfway-house manager at Life Esidimeni Recovery Centre, went back in history with us.
It’s #ThrowbackThursday and the Herald went back in time to 24 April 1987 to see what was in the news.
One of the stories that was covered warned local parents about the prevalence of the use of amphetamines, saying that many use the drug to induce a transient sense of well-being. The drug was used in a tablet form and its effects would leave users hyperactive.
For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday, we caught up with Sakkie Ngobeni, a counsellor and halfway-house manager at the Life Esidimeni Recovery Centre who spoke to us about the effects of amphetamines and other drugs, where in South Africa they are prevalent, and whether or not they are still an issue 32 years later.
Other news that made headlines at the time includes:
Goudrand Hoërskool het in die vakansie ‘n oefenweek vir hulle rugbyspelers aangebied. Die oefensessie is deur die afrigter van die eerstespan, Willem Brummer, gereël om die spelers te motiveer en ook om te sorg dat hulle oefening kry in die vakansietyd.Die plaaslike brandweer het oor die Paasnaweek die geleentheid gehad om sy paraatheid te demonstreer toe hulle uitegroep is om ‘n brand op ‘n passasierswa van die SA Vervoerdienste te blus. Die Herald het toe berig dat die voorval by die Randfontein Stasie plaasgevind het toe een van die passasierswaens van die gereelde treindiens tussen Randfontein en Johannesburg deur ‘n petrolbom aan die brand gesteek is naby die Robinson Stasie. Die brandweer was vinnig op die toneel en het die vlamme binneParents being warned about a drug called amphetamines in 1987.A R100 reward was on offer to anyone who has found Venus, a mongrel that went missing. If he was ever found, no one knows.Die Herald het berig dat Toekomsrus se aansien verhoog is deurdat hulle die eerste kleurlinggemeenskap is wat ‘n groepsbehuisingsskema in die destydse Transvaal het.Mnr Frans van Staden het op Vrydag, 17 April sy 81e verjaarsdag herdenk en is al 45 jaar ‘n inwoner van Randfontein – sedert 1943. Hy het toe drie kinders, 12 kleinkinders en sewe agterkleinkinders.1987’s Easter Bunny – adorned in jewellery!Matric being guided on what to do next after they completed school.
