ABOUT US

Our Story

SANCA Durban Alcohol and Drug Centres was established in 1956 and are a registered Non-Profit Organisation, licensed to operate under the Department of Social Development and is an approved Public Benefit Organisation, in terms of Section 30 of the Income Tax Act. The Organisation is affiliated with the South African National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence and is also registered as a treatment facility in terms of the Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008(Act No. 70 of 2008) with the Department of Social Development.

SANCA Durban Alcohol and Drug Centres has been involved in the prevention, treatment and aftercare of alcoholism and drug dependence and has built a reputation of being a reliable service provider in the field of substance abuse addictions.

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To be the most effective Organisation in the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and drug dependence in the Durban and Coastal Region.

SANCA Durban strives to address substance abuse and various addictions through the provision of specialized education, prevention, treatment and aftercare service to all people, thereby enhancing the quality of life and helping to restore their self-respect and dignity.

Our Philosophy

RECOVERY IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION

Addiction is an infinitely complex maze within which all aspects of a person’s life are transformed. An addict can wander into his maze through multiple pathways, and yet each pathway seems to pull the pilgrim in deeper. It may seem as if the addict wandered into the magical world, but once in, becomes lost amidst the portions and poisons and pleasure and pain.

To survive in this predatory world of twists and turns that lead nowhere, the addict becomes a chameleon and develops many faces- a mask to fit each particular drama within the maze. Masks are created moment by moment in response to the threats and opportunities presented.

Any masks, any path, any line will emerge that will allow the addict to sustain the drug relationship and continue on the journey through the maze.

Addiction is a way of life, a means of organising one’s daily existence, and a way of talking, walking, dressing, gesturing, believing, working, playing, thinking and seeing, that separates people who are” in the life” to those who are not.

Sooner or later every addict arrives at the point where life seems to have become too big to really cope with. Life is never really too much, but for the person who is caught in the web of addiction it can seem to be. When this happens, the addict needs to reconsider self-defeating and self-rejecting behaviour. The addict often loses perspective but it can be restored.

Our philosophy at SANCA DURBAN is that chemical dependence is a medically recognised illness with physical, psychological, social, cognitive and spiritual components in its origin and development.

Chemical dependency cannot be viewed as a ‘ habit’ or a ‘willpower’ problem. It is a physical disease similar to cancer and heart disease in that it is chronic and must be managed. Some people have a genetic predisposition to develop the illness, and that together with certain environmental stressors will give rise to, or tigger off this condition of chemical dependency.

We know that most chemically dependent persons can be treated successfully and can return to their role of responsible members of the community, which the majority of them filled, before the onset of their chemical dependence.

We help people with substance abuse addictions to achieve necessary self-awareness, self- worth and self- confidence for acquiring a chemical free life style.

STATE OF THE ART

DE-ADDICTION CENTRE

The Lulama Treatment Centre offers a holistic treatment programme. Every facet of life, whether physical, spiritual or emotional, is taken into account by our multi-disciplinary team involved in the therapeutic programmes.

Facilities at Lulama:

In-patient treatment
Out-patient treatment
Day care cent

Our Footprint

SANCA DURBAN renders services in the following Magisterial Districts:

eThekwini North – Pinetown, Durban, Kwa Mashu, Inanda and Mpumalanga
eThekwini South – Nsimbini, Umbumbulu, Lamontville, Umlazi and Chatsworth
iLembe – Kwa Dukuza, Ndwedwe, Bhamshela, Mandeni and Kwa Maphumulo

Meet the Team

Leadership Team

JUGDEESH RANJIT KEVAL DAYA

CHAIRPERSON

Professional Quantity Surveyor and one of the founding members of the LDM Group. Involved in SANCA Durban for the last 25 years and serving as a Treasurer at SANCA NATIONAL.

DECEMBER MANDLENKOSI MPANZA

VICE CHAIRPERSON

Lecturer at UKZN, Occupational Therapy Discipline. He is currently a PhD Public Health Medicine candidate at UKZN, focusing on the treatment service delivery for Substance Abuse in South Africa.

PRAKASH HARIKISHUN

TREASURER

Professional accountant and Director of VIP Solutions serving as a Treasurer of SANCA, he is a member of the East Coast Lions Club for the past 12 years, of which he has served as Club Treasurer for the past 5 years.

NIRIKSHA SINGH

SECRETARY

Occupational Therapist in Private Practice sine 2008, working in hand and physical rehabilitation of adults and children. She is committed to community work, and has been involved with different professional bodies and Organizations.