Vodka-sipping 'agents' charge R300 to jump the queue at Home Affairs

Slindile Zondi said she had taken leave from work to get her ID."I lost my ID. I’m here for a new one so that I can vote next month. Someone told me that I should look for ladies with name tags. I went to one of the women. She told me they need R300 to push me to the front. She was clear that if I don’t have the money, I will keep on coming back. I will have to raise the money next week. They won’t give me more leave at work. I have no choice but to pay," said Zondi.

Two elderly women who said they were sisters from Mafunze were standing in the queue for IDs. Victoria Majozi said she had been told about the R300 by a man in the queue."The price is very high and I cannot afford it. I'm going back home," she said. Home affairs Pietermaritzburg office manager Xolani Maphumulo said he was aware of what was happening outside the office. He said the department had issued a circular that agents could stand in a queue for one person, especially the elderly.

"It was a harmless system that was introduced to try to help people, but some people saw this as a business opportunity. The department did not mention anything about payments.He said there were also complaints from the offices in Durban."Unfortunately there’s not much we can do as these occurrences happen outside the offices."

🤔🤔This world is getting sicker and sicker

As for 'there's nothing we can do'😠

Our country has just completely gone to shit leaving some wondering why I wasn't chuckling at their April fool's pranks. There's no laughing matter here, not anymore

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