{"id":48765,"date":"2022-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=e62c4a1e247ca0dfc81581bcb974233a"},"modified":"2022-06-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T00:00:00","slug":"alleged-home-affairs-fraudster-to-appear-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/alleged-home-affairs-fraudster-to-appear-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Home Affairs fraudster to appear in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>A Department of Home Affairs official is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate\u2019s Court for a bail hearing on Tuesday on allegations of corruption. <\/P><P>The Home Affairs Counter Corruption Branch, working with the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies, on Monday nabbed the official for fraudulently issuing a passport to \u201cLebogang from Bangladesh\u201d.<\/P><P>The official worked at the Benoni Home Affairs office and is on suspension while her disciplinary hearing is scheduled to take place this week.<\/P><P>If she is denied bail, the Department of Home Affairs  will arrange with the Department of Correctional Services for the hearing to be held at their premises.<\/P><P>Fahim Kazi, known as \u201cLebogang from Bangladesh\u201d, was arrested while trying to leave the country on 12 May 2022.<\/P><P>At the time of Kazi\u2019s arrest, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, said the clampdown on the use of fraudulent South African documents was bearing fruit as the department knew which corrupt official issued the fraudulent passport because the official had been on the radar of the counter corruption branch.<\/P><P>The Minister also assured the country that the official would be arrested and face the full might of the law.<\/P><P>\u201cWe are determined to root out corruption in all its forms in Home Affairs. We will stamp out the use of fraudulent documents by people who do not deserve them. We will continue to arrest citizens and non-nationals who engage in the production of fraudulent documents,\u201d said Minister Motsoaledi.<\/P><P><\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Department of Home Affairs official is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate\u2019s Court for a bail hearing on Tuesday on allegations of corruption. 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