There’s been a spike in baggage tampering incidents at SA’s biggest airport, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, since August, with perfume being the thieves’ favourite target. “Security procedures were adapted with some initial…
Two suspects have been arrested after spoiling what was supposed to be a momentous occasion welcoming home the Springboks at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday night. The Rugby World Cup champions touched down on SA…
A multi-disciplinary narcotics team arrested three suspects who left OR Tambo International Airport in a car allegedly containing drugs worth R3m. The trio were tailed from the airport by members of a K9 (dog) unit and were stopped in…
Two people were attacked at gunpoint in Mayfair, Johannesburg, after being followed back from OR Tambo International Airport, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the complainant told police that he was…
Recent attacks on international and domestic tourists and diplomats have forced government into overdrive in an effort to secure the country’s image as a safe place to visit. The result is Tuesday’s launch of a pilot tourist safety…
Police have made a major breakthrough in what has been dubbed the “airport-following” robberies‚ committed in and around the Johannesburg area‚ arresting six suspects on Friday night. A police manhunt has been launched for a seventh…
BY GRAEME HOSKEN Dozens of elderly Dutch tourists‚ who had just arrived at OR Tambo International Airport for a three-week holiday‚ were attacked by armed robbers posing as police. The 36 tourists‚ according to the Dutch newspaper…
By Naledi Shange Weekend operations at the OR Tambo International Airport resulted in a drug and rhino horn bust of over R6 million‚ Johannesburg police said. In the first incident‚ five rhino horns bound for Hong Kong were seized‚ said…
Ten rhino horns have been seized by customs officials from the South African Revenue Services. SARS officials intercepted two bags with 10 rhino horns weighing 24.96kg estimated at R4.99-million at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International…
DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s rush to have his predecessor Helen Zille suspended has left the party with egg on its face. It emerged yesterday that the party had flouted its own constitution. In a bid to flex his muscles and show that he was…
Passengers expecting to use South African Airways flights on Wednesday have been angered by the cancellation of several flights from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Cabin crew members have been picketing outside the…
