Westbury’s curriculum of drugs, gangs and death
Pupils in the violence-racked suburb are selling and using drugs on a ‘massive’ scale, teachers say
05 March 2023 - 00:03
Schoolchildren in Westbury, Johannesburg — some as young as 12 — have become an integral part of drug-dealing rackets and in many cases are making enough cash to be the breadwinners for their destitute families. ..
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