Govt seems reluctant to agree to allow South Africans sentenced abroad to serve part of their sentences at home. Hazel Friedman reports on two cases.
SA drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda has written to her parents from prison in Thailand, saying she’s been used as a "decoy" by a Brazilian drug syndicate.
Drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda told her mother she would be out of the country, but not in Thailand — she said she was headed for Brazil for vacation.
Alleged drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda called her uncle, Mthetheli Mbewu just after she was caught with drugs at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport on Monday.