A 30-year-old Namibian national, Pauline Mbangula, who was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and trafficking at Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in September last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

A 30-year-old Namibian woman, Pauline Mbangula, who was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in September 2024 after arriving from São Paulo with over 68 cocaine bullets ingested in her stomach, will make her 4th appearance before a Johannesburg magistrate on February 26.