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TimesLIVE reports that a former home affairs employee who illegally processed passports for illegal immigrants was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years’ imprisonment.
The Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crimes Court earlier found Nhlanhla Mathebula, 39, who had been stationed in White River, guilty of 12 counts of corruption and 13 of contravening the Immigration Act. During May 2021, Mathebula illegally processed passport applications for illegal immigrants, swapping the pictures of South African citizens with those of foreigners. These applications were usually processed late at night and sometimes in the early hours. Mathebula even went to the office to process the applications when he was on leave. He was paid between R1,000 and R5,000 per application. The accused was arrested after one of his clients who wanted to be assisted with a fake passport confused him with a home affairs colleague. The court ordered the money Mathebula received as a gratification during the commission of the offences be recovered from his pension fund and transferred to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account.
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