This is a hard-hitting, sometimes gut-wrenching andalways thought-provoking documentary series thatprovides us with first-hand insights into the world ofsubstance abuse. We meet people in various stagesof their debilitating heroin, tik, Nyaope, cocaine andalcohol addiction or recovery. Addiction doesn’t onlyaffect the user, we also meet parents who are strugglingthrough living hell or mourning the loss of a childto drugs. In the Maphuti Moloyi episode we follow aheart-breaking story of a mother’s fight to save her sonfrom a Nyaope addiction that has lasted 18 years. Welook at how the community has turned against her aswell as her first tentative steps toward recovery. Theseries aims to show how the scourge of drugs affectsall of society. Over 13 episodes, we feature the horrificeffects of the disease known as drug and alcohol abusefrom different perspectives. These are real-life storiesfilled with real pain that paint a startling portrait of theoverwhelming problem riddling South Africa today. Wealso get to see how the South African government dealswith the scourge and the efforts they are implementingto turn the tide around. Kick It is a 13-part docu-realityTV show that gives insight into the world of substanceabuse by taking a serious look at its effects at all levelsin communities. It is presented by Israel Makoe.
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