Home Affairs Minister welcomes sentencing of corrupt official

Summary:

The Home Affairs Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed the lengthy sentences handed out to two South Africans and a Pakistani national for passport-related crimes. Arfan Ahmed, a kingpin of a passport syndicate, was sentenced to 8 years in prison, while Anda Ngozi and Nomathandazo Mboyane, two corrupt Home Affairs officials, were sentenced to 26 and 24 years, respectively, for fraudulently processing 52 passports for foreign nationals. The sentences aim to undermine the integrity of Home Affairs systems and combat corruption within the department. Minister Motsoaledi has emphasized that all Home Affairs officials engaging in malfeasance will face the full might of the law.