By: Natasha Archary

There are calls by the National Association of School Governing Bodies to ban PRIME energy drinks in school because of the adverse the drinks are said to have on children under the age of 18.
The governing body is urging parents to not send the hyped-up energy drink to school for their children to consume, saying PRIME is making kids “mad.”
Matakanye Matakanye from the National Association of School Governing Bodies said parents should rather encourage their children to drink water or juice.
“We don’t know whether they are half mad after drinking PRIME, hence we are saying it’s not workable in terms of schooling, so it has to be banned.
We are encouraging other schools to do the same because energy drinks have a negative effect on children. We are also encouraging the schools to draft a policy that bans them in schools so that even if there are people who are challenging it, they will see that there is a policy.
We are full y behind schools who have banned them as this is going to have a negative impact on pupils. We are also encouraging our children to drink water instead of these types of drinks.”
Matakanye Matakanye from the National Association of School Governing Bodies
However, the PRIME Hydration drinks that are currently being retailed at Checkers stores nationwide for R39,99 does not contain any caffeine.
PRIME Energy is the version of the drink that contains 200mg of caffeine per every 330ml, as a result the energy drink is not recommended for children under the age of 18.
The energy version of the drinks is not available in the country yet.
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