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.
The international relations and cooperation department says the ashes of executed drug mule Janice Linden have been returned to her family.
Alleged drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda called her uncle, Mthetheli Mbewu just after she was caught with drugs at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport on Monday.
Sheryl Cwele, the wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, was granted bail of R100 000 by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday.
About R2,5-million worth of cocaine has been confiscated at Johannesburg and Cape Town’s main airports, police said on Friday.
