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A KwaZulu-Natal-based Department of Home Affairs official, Judith Zuma, has been sentenced to 35 years imprisonment by the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for her involvement in aAn investigation conducted by the Hawks and the Department revealed that Zuma was facilitating a criminal network operating outside her jurisdiction at the Richards Bay Home Affairs office.

Hawks spokesperson, Colonel Philani Nkwalase says, “She was aiding a criminal network outside her jurisdiction at Richards Bay Home Affairs office, exploited vulnerable South Africans by luring them with money ranging between R300 and R500 for fingerprints used to obtain passports for foreign nationals. She pleaded guilty on all 1159 charges.”

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