NEWS / 2 OCTOBER 2019, 12:41PM / BOTHO MOLOSANKWE Johannesburg – Two South African Airways (SAA) flight attendants have been arrested in Hong Kong after they were found with drugs believed to have a street value of about R45-million. One of them is believed to be part of the Presidential Crew who flew with President Cyril Ramaphosa to Geneva…
Manila Bulletin Published September 17, 2019, 11:49 AM By Leslie Ann Aquino The Commission on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines joined calls for Mary Jane Veloso to be allowed to testify against her recruiters. ECMI Chairman Bishop Ruperto Santos said Veloso, the Filipina on…
Published on September 7, 2019 By ISIOMA MADIKE from the New Telegraph A growing drug epidemic appears to be silently taking over cities and towns in South Africa. The country seems to have become a key player in global drug distribution with many alleging that Nigerian dealers dominate the trade in recent times. ISIOMA MADIKE,…
2019-08-15 11:52 Caryn Dolley – News24 Convicted druglord Vicky Goswami was synonymous with suspected high-level mandrax deals in the 1990s and was publicly associated with prominent local figures – most notably football boss Irvin Khoza. Goswami fled South Africa in 1995 after the disappearance and suspected murder of Soweto socialite-cum-drug dealer Rocks Dlamini. He surfaced…
Former Makhanda pupil hopes to raise awareness on drug trafficking victims incarcerated on foreign soil BY ZAMANDULO MALONDE – 05 August 2019 HeraldLIVE Convicted Makhanda drug mule Nolubabalo “Druglocks” Nobanda made her first public appearance virtually at Nelson Mandela University on Friday. In an exclusive video prerecorded in Thailand, where Nobanda, 31, is serving the…
We just keep bagging these horrible rankings. Andile Sicetsha by Andile Sicetsha 2019-01-11 12:12 in News The United States’ Department of State to Congress has published the 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy (INCS) Report and surprise, surprise, South Africa has been ranked as the largest market for the sale of illicit drugs in sub-Sahara Africa.…
NEWS / 29 DECEMBER 2018, 3:00PM / DUNCAN GUY Durban – Activist Pat Gerber hopes that the New Year will bring about the signing of a policy enabling South African prisoners serving sentences in other countries to do their time back home. “They have drafted the policy document. It has been lying around in Cabinet…
NEWS / 7 DECEMBER 2018, 1:00PM / THAMI MAGUBANE Durban – The families of the three Durban women arrested in Miami in the US on allegations of drug dealing are struggling to understand how their children got involved in smuggling. Londiwe Shange, 27, Wandile Mhlongo, 29, and Thembeka Sokhulu, 36, all from Durban, were arrested…
6 December 2018, 10:50am / Chanelle Lutchman and Nadia Khan Durban – Four South African women employed as crew for MSC Cruises have been arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine to Miami, in the US. According to a report in the Miami Herald, US Customs and Border Protection found six crew members with 7kg of cocaine…
South Africa 4.12.2018 10:24 am Richard Nkosi Busisiwe Manesseh Ndlovu was well-known in the Emjindini community and the news came as a shock to her family. A local woman was arrested in Istanbul, Turkey, for allegedly trafficking drugs. The department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) has confirmed 43-year-old Busisiwe Manesseh Ndlovu’s arrest. Spokesperson Ndivhuwo…