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Home affairs official arrested for 'facilitating' fraudulent marriages

Source: RDM News Wire, 25/08/2015

The Department of Home Affairs announced on Tuesday that a home
affairs front office clerk had been arrested in King Williamstown‚
Eastern Cape‚ for facilitating fraudulent marriages involving illegal
foreign nationals.

An investigation by the Home Affairs Counter-Corruption Unit‚ South
African Police Service Crime Intelligence and the Hawks led to the
arrest of the official together with a foreign national suspected of
leading the illegal operation.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba hailed the arrests as a major
significant step of the recently launched Operation Bvisa Masina which
seeks to stop the rot within the department.

"We have pronounced‚ when we launched Operation Bvisa Masina last
month‚ that we will spare no effort in rooting out corrupt elements
both in the Department of Home Affairs and the community.

"Today's arrests ought to serve as a deterrent and a warning to those
who are involved in these unscrupulous acts which seek to undermine
government's efforts to deliver quality services to our clients.

"As government‚ we are sending a strong message of zero tolerance
towards corruption in all its manifestations‚" Gigaba said.

The department said that a search of the foreign national's house had
led to the discovery of copies of passports; identity documents‚
marriage certificates‚ temporary residence permits‚ visitors permits‚
asylum seeker permits and many blank home affairs face value
documents.

Other documents uncovered included police clearance certificates‚
foreign birth certificates (mainly from India‚ Bangladesh)‚ cellular
phones‚ security cameras‚ memory sticks‚ bank statements‚ two
printers‚ one fax machine and a photocopy machine‚ all of which were
confiscated.
RDM News Wire.

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