A Motswana national who was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh with over 3kg of heroin in her luggage will be executed. This is how Twitter responded:

@Tau_ya_borwa

Middle East is not a playground. South Africa is too soft, especially when coming to outlanders.

@Ngwaketsin

This law could be a solution to South Africa. Problem is that in South Africa, 90% of people who go to jail are not guilty. Some are too broke to hire a lawyer. Criminals are roaming around with expensive cars so freely.

@oldmarcus

This punishment could solve half of the problems we are having here in South Africa.

@Richard_spoor

Horrific, she is still a child. I cannot conceive how such cruelty is still possible. Abolish the death penalty everywhere.

@thokozanimageba

One day they will ban everything from South Africa, this country is hiding hard-core criminals wanted by Interpol. I am not proud of being a South African.

@lilly_tariro

I know people who take drugs are at fault for how they turn out because they do it willingly. But the drug dealers are also a problem.

@earthmover2017

Death sentence for trafficking drugs? It’s barbaric. Mr Masisi’ save this girl, talk to your counterpart in Bangladesh, rope in all your neighbours South Africa, Zim, Zambia and speak as one voice.

@Phumlani_prep

Hectic, but I get why some countries have severe punishment for such offences. Our villages are not safe any more because of tik/nyaope and the people selling it to our brothers and sisters are not affected by it.

@Zwesibiya

Drugs destroy nations, and other countries take such crimes seriously.

@HISCASTLEE

Women will do anything for money, including putting their lives at stake on obvious risks like this, hence it is always them in this kind of incidents.