SIU Raids Home Affairs in Bushiri's Fake Permit Probe
120 officials are under investigation for handing out fake refugee statuses like candy.
SIU Raids Home Affairs in Bushiri's Fake Permit Probe
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has just dropped a bombshell – 120 officials are under investigation for handing out fake refugee statuses like candy.
This all went down after they discovered that dodgy pastor Shepherd Bushiri's permit to be in South Africa was a total fraud.
Motsoaledi explained that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will probe the matter.
The SIU raided five refugee centres across the country on Friday including the Marabastad Home Affairs, and seized phones and other gadgets as part of the probe into corrupt home affairs officials who are allegedly into corruption.
Some whistleblower snitched on the corruption, and Motsoaledi was like,
We need the SIU on this, it's deep.
He revealed that officials have been taking bribes from foreign nationals who don't deserve to be in South Africa, but have got the cash to grease palms.
SIU Raids Home Affairs in Bushiri's Fake Permit Probe
These officials have been bypassing immigration systems to let illegal foreigners stay and get permits illegally.
“A whistleblower brought this corruption to our attention. I then put up the Lubisi Report and from the results of that report, I realised that we must call SIU because there are many things that need their skill. The corruption is done by officials here with foreign nationals who don't deserve to be in South Africa but who have got lots of money to bribe.”
He added, “The whistleblower also stated that the officials bypass immigration systems to enable foreign nationals who have entered the country illegally to remain in the country and acquire permits illegally and unlawfully.”
Motsoaledi added that the corruption includes documents awarded to asylum seekers dating back to 2004.
And get this – the corruption goes back to 2004! The SIU just got the power to investigate all this mess in February, so it's about time they got to the bottom of it over the past 20 years within the home affairs department.
