Zuko Komisa

Judy Zuma received a sentence this week that carries an effective 12-year prison term. She was a member of a syndicate that gave false passports to foreigners who weren’t eligible for them in exchange for rewards.
The Durban Commercial Crime Court’s punishment of a former Home Affairs official has been praised by Minister of Home Affairs Dr. Leon Schreiber.
It was discovered that between May 28, 2021, and June 12, 2021, Zuma processed 192 passports for foreign nationals who were not eligible to receive them. For each passport, she was paid R4,000. In December 2021, she departed the department after going through an internal disciplinary procedure.
According to the government, all of the impacted passports have been red-flagged, which means that anyone attempting to enter the country using these forged documents would be detained right away.
The Minister called the sentencing a victory in the struggle against organized crime.
“The message sent by this conviction is crystal clear: if you engage in corruption, we will find you and we will pursue you until you are locked up. We will not rest until we have cleansed the scourge of corruption from the face of Home Affairs,”
“The fight against corruption in this department, as demonstrated by the serious nature of the issues raised in this case, is particularly urgent given that Home Affairs sits at the heart of our national security apparatus,” said Minister of Home Affairs Dr. Leon Schreiber.
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