Update@Noon

• Listen to our weekly feature, Coalface, with Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

  SAfm's Update at Noon presents another Update from the Coal Face. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News & Mining Weekly.

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• BMA : 30 Undocumented Ethiopians, Bangladeshis Detained for Deportation

  The Border Management Authority says it will impose the Ethiopian Airlines with a R15-thousand fine per passenger after disrupting what it believes was a human-trafficking operation at OR Tambo International Airport. BMA Officers intercepted 14 Ethiopians flagged through suspicious travel patterns, and in a separate incident stopped 16 Bangladeshis found with fraudulent visas. Acting Commissioner Jane Thupana says the operations reflect intensified festive-season security as the BMA cracks down on irregular migration and organised trafficking networks. For more on this Bongiwe Zwane spoke to BMA Acting Commissioner Jane Thupana

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• N3 Top Festive Priority Route

  Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is leading an inter-provincial law enforcement operation aimed at road users travelling between Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West during this festive season. Last month the Minister officially launched the 365-day Arrive Alive Road Safety Campaign. She has called on all South Africans to take personal responsibility for reducing crashes and fatalities on the country's roads as the 2025/26 festive season begins. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Deputy Transport Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa

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• Court Dismisses NPA Appeal Bid; Analyst Says Further Action Would Waste Resources

  The Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape has dismissed the NPA's application for leave to appeal the acquittal of Televangelist, Timothy Omotoso. Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho were found not guilty on charges of rape and human trafficking. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Legal analyst Nthabiseng Dubazana

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• Calls for Department of Basic Education to step up following leak of matric exam papers

  Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Basil Manuel - Executive Director of the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA) and Biki Lepota, Umalusi Senior Manager for Public Relations and Communications

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