Home affairs suspends immigration officer for 'selling IDs for R50k' after TV 'exposé': The official, identified as 'Elizabeth', was allegedly exposed during a recent episode of 'Sizokthola' on Moja Love. The show focuses on drugs, addiction and their…
or selling South African identities to foreigners. Another four officials were suspended for similar offences.
Phathisani Outshiki from the department's Benoni office was found guilty of gross misconduct for processing 111 documents for illegal foreign nationals using particulars of South African citizens for a fee of R1,000 per application. Ninety-eight of the documents were passports and 13 were IDs. Morena David Motsamai from the Germiston office was found guilty of gross misconduct after processing 13 passports for ineligible foreign nationals.
Motsoaledi said his department was on the trail of more home affairs officials involved in “shameful acts”. “If you sell your identity, you are replaced by a foreign national on our database which means you will not be able to access services in the country”, he said.
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