By Akani Nkuna
In a coordinated effort to enhance accountability and combat illegal activities, key government agencies have joined forces to tighten control over South Africa’s borders and immigration processes.
The Special Investigating Unit, Department of Home Affairs, Border Management Authority and the National Prosecuting Authority are working together to root out corruption, fraud and criminal networks operating within the country’s immigration system.
This multi-agency initiative aims to strengthen law enforcement efforts, ensuring border security and integrity in the face of increasing criminal syndicates at borders, which threaten the country’s national security.
“The sum total of this work represents the biggest and most decisive crackdown on corruption to date in the immigration sector,” Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber told reporters on Tuesday.
“By working together every day, we are painstakingly washing the stain of corruption and state capture off of Home Affairs so that we can transform the department and
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