6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (128+ words) Two cocaine seizures in four days have been made at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Amanda van Wyk said an alleged drug trafficker was arrested on Monday with about 2kg of cocaine in his luggage. The drugs are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (289+ words) Five migrants were found dead aboard a boat rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands, maritime rescue authorities said on Thursday, while a migrant rights group reported that survivors said dozens more had died during the crossing. Three survivors were in a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (799+ words) What was once seen as harmless Spring Day fun has taken a troubling turn, with reports of unsuspecting members of the public being drenched with water, older people being targeted and motorists having water thrown into their vehicles while driving…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) A Brussels court has ordered Belgian biometrics company Semlex and 13 other defendants to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering and tax fraud linked to a contract to produce passports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civil parties…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (314+ words) An Australian judge said he may order Tesla to give an independent expert access to its internal engineering platforms as part of a class action against the Elon Musk-led carmaker, a move designed to bypass a drawn-out discovery process that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (623+ words) Foreigners have been able to buy their way into South Africa on fake documents with the help of home affairs officials who treated the visa system like an open marketplace, according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). The findings were…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (179+ words) The South African Revenue Service’s (Sars) customs and excise division intercepted more than 333kg of cocaine at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on a flight arriving from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The cocaine has an estimated street value of R167m. The operation was…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (814+ words) The seizure of drugs and laboratory equipment worth an estimated R600m from a suspected crystal methamphetamine manufacturing operation in Limpopo points to a wider expansion of Mexican-linked meth production across Africa. This is according to Julian Rademeyer, a senior adviser to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (214+ words) Australia’s competition regulator said on Friday it had sued Japanese carmaker Subaru’s Australian unit, alleging it denied independent car repairers the same access to vehicle repair information as its dealerships. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges between July…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (364+ words) Vietnam’s government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offences, including drug trafficking and the rape of minors, as part of a revision of the country’s criminal code presented to parliament on Thursday, state media reported. Public security minister…...