{"id":186883,"date":"2018-09-18T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186883\/recovering-addicts-speak-out\/"},"modified":"2018-09-17T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:26:22","slug":"recovering-addicts-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/18\/recovering-addicts-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive: Recovering addicts speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Future Fighters Community Empowerment, a non-profit organisation founded by Bongani Ngonyama, aims to rid the streets of Dukathole of drugs and help drug addicts lead drug-free lives.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation recently enrolled Vusimuzi Mbuyisa and Daniel Mofokeng at the Witpoort Life Care Centre in Brakpan, where they underwent a six-week rehabilitation programme.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>As a teenager, Vusimuzi claimed to have controlled his urge to constantly smoke marijuana but everything changed when he started using nyaope.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Print Exclusive articles:<\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/178884\/a-lifes-passion-remembered\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: A life\u2019s passion remembered<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174557\/wife-fulfills-husbands-last-wish\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Wife fulfils husband\u2019s last wish<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>For the full story be sure to get this week&#8217;s copy of the GCN out on Wednesday (September 19).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-186883 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-186885'>\n\t\t\t\tDaniel Mofokeng is determined to change his life and use his past experiences as a drug addict to help drug-addicted youth turn away from drugs and bad friends.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/18\/recovering-addicts-speak-out\/attachment\/37gcngeneralffce_11067\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/37GCNGENERALFFCE_11067-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-186886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/37GCNGENERALFFCE_11067-270x203.jpg 270w, 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