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The Independent on Saturday reports that another document scandal has rocked the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in KwaZulu-Natal. This time, birth certificates were allegedly sold to foreigners for the sum of R15,000 each.
A DHA official, who was previously implicated in the sale of passports, is now under investigation for his role in manufacturing and selling the birth certificates. He is believed to have sold the official documents to foreigners, mainly Bangladeshis, and generated R2.9 million. The official apparently gained unauthorised access to the computer system where he made up the fraudulent certificates. However, he blew his cover when he left some of the birth certificates at the station where he had been working.
DHA spokesperson Thulani Mavuso said that an investigation was still underway and so disciplinary procedures have not yet been instituted against the official. But, he confirmed that the official was currently suspended as a result of another issue. Mavuso could not confirm whether or not money had exchanged hands for the falisified documents. He said that all “incorrectly registered births” would be verified to determine the nationality of the persons registered. The latest scandal at DHA in KZN follows a slew of document-related irregularities which occurred this year (detailed in the news report).
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Wendy Jasson Da Costa at IOL News
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