{"id":47453,"date":"2026-10-07T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47453"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:41:16","slug":"sa-may-be-a-conducive-base-for-global-drug-manufacturers-expert","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-may-be-a-conducive-base-for-global-drug-manufacturers-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"SA may be a conducive base for global drug manufacturers: Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Security analyst Andy Mashaile says the latest discovery of a suspected drug laboratory in North West province, South Africa (SA), raises concerns that drug manufacturers from other parts of the world may have found a conducive base in SA.<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Police uncovered what is believed to be a multimillion-Rand (hundreds of thousands of Dollars) Mandrax manufacturing laboratory near Hartbeespoort Dam on Tuesday<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mashaile says gaps in the criminal justice system have created a vacuum that allows drug manufacturers to operate with ease.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe operations from other parts of the world have now found a conducive base in SA, and this is because of the laws in our country. That\u2019s what they tell me when I do research. They say law enforcement in SA, as well as the criminal justice laws, regulations, and principles, are a sweetheart partnership for them. Even if they can get arrested, they will be out in the street in a very short space of time.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45361,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47453","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mashaile says gaps in the criminal justice system have created a vacuum that allows drug manufacturers to operate with ease.","published_date":"","news_description":"Mashaile says gaps in the criminal justice system have created a vacuum that allows drug manufacturers to operate with ease.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47454,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47453\/revisions\/47454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}