Johannesburg – Two Home Affairs officials in Limpopo have been arrested for fraud, corruption and extortion, the Hawks said on Saturday.
The 36-year-old, an assistant manager at Giyani Home Affairs, was arrested after a long and profound investigation that started in 2012, Captain Matimba Maluleke said.
“The suspect allegedly solicited bribe from Asylum seekers from different countries during his tenure as the manager of Refugee Centre at Beitbridge Home Affairs,” Maluleke said.
Maluleke said the man appeared in the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Friday and his case was postponed until Monday, he would remain in custody.
A second suspect, a 42-year-old immigration officer was arrested for allegedly stamping the passport of an illegal immigrant who was detained for being in the country illegally.
She was granted R2 000 bail on Friday, and is expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s court on September 28.
Two home affairs officials arrested for fraud, corruption, extortion
Johannesburg – Two Home Affairs officials in Limpopo have been arrested for fraud, corruption and extortion, the Hawks said on Saturday.
The 36-year-old, an assistant manager at Giyani Home Affairs, was arrested after a long and profound investigation that started in 2012, Captain Matimba Maluleke said.
“The suspect allegedly solicited bribe from Asylum seekers from different countries during his tenure as the manager of Refugee Centre at Beitbridge Home Affairs,” Maluleke said.
Maluleke said the man appeared in the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Friday and his case was postponed until Monday, he would remain in custody.
A second suspect, a 42-year-old immigration officer was arrested for allegedly stamping the passport of an illegal immigrant who was detained for being in the country illegally.
She was granted R2 000 bail on Friday, and is expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s court on September 28.
Google automates itineraries, travel tips
Destinations on Google, a platform that helps users discover and plan their holidays by offering travel tips and itineraries, has rolled out in South Africa. Google first announced the platform in March this year.
The platform is available exclusively on mobile, with Google citing a 50% increase in travel-related questions on mobile phones in 2015.
When searching destinations such as Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, Google now brings up an overview of the destination, while clicking on the “travel guide” tab pulls up itinerary options. Cape Town itinerary options include “Waterfront and Robben Island”, Table Mountain Area Highlights”, “Top Sights on the Cape Peninsula” “Historical Cape Town”. These itineraries are put together using an algorithm based on online searches.
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FG seeks solution to business impediments, visa bottlenecks
The Federal Government has set up a technical committee to provide solutions to impediments to business and investment in the country.
The committee, which was set up by the Ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Trade and Investment on Friday in Abuja, was expected to also resolve among others, visa and immigration issues that hinder foreign direct investment.
Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) who hosted his colleagues, Geoffrey Onyeama (Foreign Affairs) and Okechukwu Enelamah (Trade and investment), explained that the government was concerned about easing the process of doing business in the country.
He said part of the strategy was to immediately convene a committee that will look at all the processes with a view to refining them for local and foreign investors to come in and do business.
Dambazau said, “Government will look at all the issues on how the process can be refined in a way that government can deliver the best services that Nigerians and foreigners want and of course investors need secure environment and we are tackling this to encourage foreign investors to come into the country to invest in a good environment.
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12 Brexit Implications For Africa That Will Surprise You
The United Kingdom held a June 23 referendum to leave the European Union, shocking the world when voters chose to leave by a narrow margin. While economic uncertainty abounds across the E.U., the impact has been felt worldwide, particularly in African countries that have long enjoyed close relations with the U.K. and the rest of the European continent. U.K. Minister for Africa James Duddridge was a proponent of Brexit, promising that relations with the continent would improve without the burden of the E.U. It remains to be seen whether or not this is true. Here are 12 implications of Brexit in Africa that you probably didn’t even think about.
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