Home Affairs to use corrupt officials’ pension funds to recoup fraud costs

A Home Affairs multi-disciplinary task team found that out of 51,000 rejected applications, 11,000 were approved on a follow-up application

.Home Affairs plans to recoup the cost of failed objectives from the officials responsible.

Human error in the processing of documents was a large area of concern, creating the perfect breeding ground for fraud and corruption.The task team focused their energies on 25 functions of Home Affairs offices. Bishop said gross negligence or fraud on the part of adjudicators was found and this was referred to the Hawks.

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