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- 123 -andOne shebeen is found at the Ncekwane area.The areas infested mostly with shebeens are,therefore, Gobandlovu, Port Dunford and Khandisa.(b)Contraventions of the Dagga (Cannabis) Laws.Closely connected with the contraventions ofthe liquor laws are contraventions of the daggalaws. Dagga is in most cases usually sold inthe shebeens. During the period under discussion,contraventions of the dagga laws totalled 109(1,66%). Of this total 90(82,5%) were committedby males whereas 19 (17,5%) were committed bythe females.,!To see dagga problem in Mtunzini in its properperspective, it is necessary to compare itwith the dagga problem in South Africa asa whole as reflected in Table 6.\ ijI1~,! iI:TABLE 6.\INCIDENCE OF DAGGA OFFENCESIN SOUTH AFRICA, 1972. 2B ),RACE TOTAL % of TOT1\L %of TOTALPODulation,Whites 2 809 7,4 26Coloureds 7 943 20,6 14 ,Asiatics 1 347 3,5 4Bantu 26 365...68,5 56TOTAL - 38 46ti 100% 100%.. .- ...... .. ..,i~'28)Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the South AfricanPolice for the year ended 30 June, 1972, R.P. 23 1973,p. 7;,.,;;124/. • • •• ,;:I