How officials allegedly helped Bushiris revealed
The Home Affairs Department has suspended and taken disciplinary action against its permits section’s staff members found to have allegedly had a direct hand in the fraudulent process and approval of fugitive preacher Shepherd Bushiri’s permanent residence applications, according to a City Press report.
The officials include chief director: permits, Ronney Marhule, assistant directors Jurgen von Wielligh and Elmon Mndawe, and permitting adjudicators Maanda Mutangwa and Thobela Mange.
The charges include gross dishonesty, gross negligence, and non-compliance with the Immigration Act, regulations and standard operating procedures.
Insiders close to the investigations reportedly told City Press the investigators uncovered ‘disturbing information that our state security has, and is, being used’ to move Bushiri in and out of the country while he is a fugitive.
The couple fled to Malawi last year while on bail in the fraud and money laundering case.
Some of the suspended officials have allegedly approached senior ANC and government leaders to seek a ‘political solution’ to the charges against them.
They are also lobbying for the criminal action against them to be stopped.
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