South Africa’s robust border security measures at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, have resulted in the seizure of illicit cocaine worth more than R200 million. According to national police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, a multidisciplinary team comprising members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), SARS Customs and the Border Management Authority (BMA) intercepted five luggage bags containing 216 blocks of cocaine, weighing approximately 250 kilograms. SAPS National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola commended the joint team for…
The North West Department of Education has commended police after four suspects were arrested in connection with a burglary and arson attack at Tiragalo Secondary School in Kgakala Township, near Leeudoringstad. Chaos erupted in the township on Friday morning after the fire forced Grade 12 learners to interrupt their historic matric pledge ceremony. A large-scale law enforcement operation led to the swift arrest of the four alleged perpetrators. The Department said the block gutted by the fire housed a library,…
Five suspects are expected to appear before the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court following the discovery of a clandestine drug manufacturing laboratory worth an estimated R100 million at a farm in Hekpoort, near Krugersdorp, Gauteng. The five South African nationals were arrested last week during a multidisciplinary operation led by the South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, known as the Hawks. The operation involved SAPS Head Office Crime Intelligence, the Special Task Force and the…
The government is appealing to the public and the media to cease speculating about the health condition of former president Jacob Zuma, who has been admitted to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. With little to no information formally shared, media outlets and members of the public have been left to speculate, while Zuma’s new political party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), insists that he is in hospital only for a routine check-up. Questions about Zuma’s health arose during Sunday’s media briefing by the…