South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) along with authorities overseas are investigating an international drug smuggling cartel. This after Monday’s R700 million cocaine bust in Port Elizabeth. Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said investigations are ongoing. “We are talking about uncut crack cocaine that is worth more than R700[…]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, facing the most persistent protests since he seized power in 1989, rejected calls for his resignation as security forces cracked down on a large demonstration in the eastern city of al-Qadarif. Addressing soldiers on Wednesday at a military base near Atbara, northeast of the capital Khartoum,[…]
Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man’s-land on the country’s border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting. More than 730,000 members of the mostly Muslim minority have fled Myanmar to escape[…]
Police in Australia say they are investigating several suspicious packages sent to embassies and consulates in the cities of Melbourne and Canberra. The packages were being examined by “attending emergency services”, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a short statement on Wednesday “The circumstances surrounding the incidents are being[…]
Western Cape Community Safety Minister Alan Winde said on Wednesday that more funds will be made available this year to improve the safety of learners in the province’s schools. He visited Forest Village Leadership Academy in Eesterivier outside Cape Town to mark the first day of the 2019 school year.[…]
Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 8, 2019. Chang is back at the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. Chang was arrested at O.R Tambo International Airport on December 29th over alleged secret loans to Mozambican state[…]
Two women and three children were killed on Tuesday morning – the day before the start of the school year – in a crash on the N2 between George and Knysna. Western Cape traffic chief Kenny Africa said the three children, aged 3 to 14, and a female driver in[…]
A 66-year-old man is due to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s court on Wednesday, after allegedly luring 18 young boys into sexual acts over the period of a year in Ottery, Cape Town. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said the man faces around ten charges of rape and sexual assault.[…]
Metrorail said the passenger train collision in Pretoria caused damage at an estimate of R21 million. Three people were left dead and some 600 injured after trains travelling on the same line collided at Mountain View Station, Pretoria, on Tuesday morning. Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has expressed his outrage at[…]
South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) made a R700 million drug bust in Port Elizabeth on Monday. The unit found the cocaine hidden in a ship at the Port of Ngqura. Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said they received information of the vessel passing by South Africa’s shores. “There[…]
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