27th August 2011

Officials ‘hit in full view of public’

On Friday, 13 Home Affairs officials and six policemen were arrested in raids across Mpumalanga – handcuffed and arrested, while travellers and those wanting to cross the border watched. All were charged with corruption.

“They all co-operated and no one gave us problems,” said police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Hlathi.

These were just the latest successes of Operation Mahlabandlovu.

In the early hours yesterday, police and Home Affairs officials gathered at the remote Tonga police station.

At 8am the operation got under way, with some investigators travelling as far as 200km to make their arrests.