FEATURED STORY: "THIN END OF TIK DEPENDENCY "

 

As tik tightens its addictive grip on the Western Cape, a worrying new trend is emerging: teenagers and young women going on the "tik diet" to shed unwanted kilos, reports The Big Issue SA.

 

"I have always had issues with my weight ever since I can remember. I have tried everything, but never really followed through with the difficult ones, like Weigh Less. Through peers I discovered that tik was the easiest way to keep my weight down. Whenever something went wrong or when I felt fat, I used tik to feel better. It curbed the binge eating and gave me a false sense of confidence, made me feel sexier", says Stacy-Anne Michaels, 28, one of a growing number of young South African women turning to tik (methamphetamine) for a quick-fix weight loss solution.< ...
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Nozuko Mabohlo

 

Nozuko Mabohlo knew she was different when she lost her ability to speak three years ago. But this was not something that could be treated by conventional doctors. It was “the calling” — a sign from her ancestors that she had been chosen to become a sangoma, a traditional African healer.

 

Since then Nozuko has been a thwasa (trainee), performing the ceremonies and rituals necessary to help her complete her transformation.

 

But rewind to four years ago when Nozuko lost her job as a supervisor at a footwear factory in her home town of Dimbaza in the Eastern Cape and decided to try to find work in Cape Town. She arrived penniless and facing a tough  employment market where jobs were scarce.

 

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