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News24 reports that Department of Home Affairs Minister (DHA) Aaron Motsoaledi is determined to proceed with his planned overhaul of the "elephant in the room" that is SA’s immigration system.
Delivering his department's budget vote in Parliament on Tuesday he said: "As I said earlier, another elephant in the room is the problem of immigration. I don't have to outline what is taking place in our country about this problem. It is a crisis we are all well aware of. However, if I were to start to outline it here, it [would] need its own budget speech. For today, it will suffice to say we have decided on a complete overhaul of the immigration system of the country. Complete overhaul means exactly that. Work in this regard is well under way, and we will soon unveil it". The minister spoke frankly about the mammoth difficulties his department faced. He conceded that only 13 officials dealt with an avalanche of corruption cases that were born out of immigration offences. But, he gave an assurance that 12 new staff members would be added to the department's Counter Corruption Unit, including analysts, researchers and investigators. Motsoaledi said the unit was relentlessly pursuing those who committed fraud. On Tuesday, a senior DHA official was dismissed for approving the permanent residency application of self-proclaimed prophet and fugitive Shepherd Bushiri. "Let me inform you that in the coming weeks, we will continue to arrest more and more people, both foreign nationals and South Africans, involved in passport fraud and other forms of identity theft, as well as corruption,” Motsoaledi promised.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jason Felix at News24 (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Dismissal of Home Affairs official involved in Bushiri’s permanent residency case not enough, says Cope, at The Star
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