When Francis saw a group of miners accompanied by mine security personnel approaching him, he breathed a sigh of relief. At last, his almost 12-hour ordeal was over. Although he knew he had lost his only source of...
South African Police Service
Explosives smuggling is a ticking time bombÂ
Fortunate Sibanda is cramped in a minibus taxi with 15 other passengers. Hot and stuffy, the passengers’ eyes are fixed on the police and customs officers on the road in front of them. Fortunate nervously holds on to...
Covid vaccine market opens door to a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade
New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising ‘vaccination R150’. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine, but COVID-19 is likely the disease in question. And recent incidents...
South Africa: a time to worry
Spare a thought for South African journalists, reduced to peering into murk and gun smoke for clues to what’s going on inside South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the crisis-riddled state agency that...
