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Image of a woman picking potatoes in a field. This image accompanies an article about Botswana imposing a ban on key produce from South Africa and other neighbouring countries

Neighbour slams door shut on South Africa’s vegetables, again

prison

Inside SA’s overcrowded prisons: 27 000 foreign nationals, soaring remand costs

Suspects - six Mexicans and one Nigerian - arrested by the Botswana Police Service. Image accompanies article titled "Six Mexicans nabbed in Botswana as drug cartel fears engulf South Africa's borders"

Six Mexicans arrested in Botswana as drug cartel fears engulf South Africa’s borders

Image of a woman picking potatoes in a field. This image accompanies an article about Botswana imposing a ban on key produce from South Africa and other neighbouring countries

Neighbour slams door shut on South Africa’s vegetables, again

prison

Inside SA’s overcrowded prisons: 27 000 foreign nationals, soaring remand costs

By Nick Pawson 05-12-25 09:03

South Africa’s Correctional Services Minister has revealed that more than 27 000 foreign nationals are currently incarcerated in SA’s prisons.

Suspects - six Mexicans and one Nigerian - arrested by the Botswana Police Service. Image accompanies article titled "Six Mexicans nabbed in Botswana as drug cartel fears engulf South Africa's borders"

Six Mexicans arrested in Botswana as drug cartel fears engulf South Africa’s borders

By Tebogo Tsape 03-12-25 13:48

The detention of six Mexicans in Botswana raises alarm that international drug cartels are encircling South Africa’s porous borders.