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Bushiri slams SIU Report, claims R90m boost to SA economy

Fugitive and self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, has dismissed the latest findings by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) as a "witch-hunt". He claims he invested more than R90 million in South Africa when he obtained his immigration status. Bushiri, who fled South Africa amid corruption charges, rejected the SIU report, which found that he allegedly leveraged influence, fabricated documentation and misused networks to secure fraudulent immigration status claims he has strongly […]

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SA is being sold one permit at a time: SIU

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says its investigation has revealed that South Africa's borders were not safeguarded by law, but effectively auctioned off through corruption. Acting SIU head, Leonard Lekgetho, briefed the media on the unit's interim report into the investigation into the Department of Home Affairs. Lekgetho says the findings of the SIU probe paint a picture of systemic corruption within the department. "Officials enriched themselves by unlawfully issuing […]

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