The Special Investigating Unit released interim findings on 24 February 2026 showing that fraudulent visas, permanent residence permits, and identity documents were allegedly sold at the Department of Home Affairs over more than two decades, often with the involvement of senior officials. Political parties have since called for urgent arrests and asset seizures based on the findings.
This is not an isolated case — it adds to a pattern of long-running institutional fraud uncovered through SIU investigations, often taking years to surface and even longer to result in prosecutions. Nearly R11 billion linked to state capture and broader corruption has been recovered to date through coordinated work between the SIU, the Asset Forfeiture Unit, and other law enforcement agencies since 2018.
Our Corruption Tracker currently documents 39 separate cases from official public records, totalling R9.9 billion in tracked assets. Every case is sourced from an official court order or government statement — never a secondhand allegation.
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Reported by IOL, 24 February 2026, citing interim SIU findings presented to political stakeholders. Read the original coverage →
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