When the country was in the chokehold of the Covid-19 lockdown, rogue home affairs officials irregularly facilitated South African passports for foreign nationals.
On top of this, investigations into nearly 300 000 unauthorised cross-border movements are under way and over 3 000 retirement visas have come under the microscope.
As the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) continues to unravel a litany of illegal and irregular actions, the figures paint a clear picture of corruption running deep within the government’s most important departments.