ActionSA has written to Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to urgently investigate how the husband of Setsoto Local Municipality Mayor, Seipati Justina Lebusa-Mbiwe, managed to gain South African citizenship after breaking the law, and why he was not deported to his home country.
During a visit to the Free State two weeks ago, I received disturbing allegations that Lebusa-Mbiwe met her husband, who was allegedly serving a prison sentence on firearm charges, while she had a catering tender at the Ficksburg jail.
The man was supposed to be deported to Nigeria, but he got married to Lebusa-Mbiwe which allowed him to stay in the country. Meanwhile, the Immigration Act is clear that permanent residency can be revoked if someone is declared an undesirable person if they, for example, served a prison sentence.
As a party that values the rule of law, ActionSA is extremely concerned about the circumstances surrounding Lebusa-Mbiwe’s marriage and how he managed to stay in the country. We, therefore, want Minister Motsoaledi to urgently investigate these damning allegations.
It is because of the breakdown of the rule of law in South Africa that communities across the country take the law into their own hands, as we have recently seen taking place in Diepsloot, Johannesburg. The alleged marriage of the Free State mayor is just one more example.
No country can prosper, create jobs or improve the lives of its people if the rule of law is allowed to disintegrate as we have seen in South Africa. ActionSA is committed to turning the situation around and doing the difficult work of fixing the country.
Minister Motsoaledi Should Investigate How Free State Mayor’s Husband Received Citizenship Despite Breaking the Law
ActionSA has written to Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to urgently investigate how the husband of Setsoto Local Municipality Mayor, Seipati Justina Lebusa-Mbiwe, managed to gain South African citizenship after breaking the law, and why he was not deported to his home country.
During a visit to the Free State two weeks ago, I received disturbing allegations that Lebusa-Mbiwe met her husband, who was allegedly serving a prison sentence on firearm charges, while she had a catering tender at the Ficksburg jail.
The man was supposed to be deported to Nigeria, but he got married to Lebusa-Mbiwe which allowed him to stay in the country. Meanwhile, the Immigration Act is clear that permanent residency can be revoked if someone is declared an undesirable person if they, for example, served a prison sentence.
As a party that values the rule of law, ActionSA is extremely concerned about the circumstances surrounding Lebusa-Mbiwe’s marriage and how he managed to stay in the country. We, therefore, want Minister Motsoaledi to urgently investigate these damning allegations.
It is because of the breakdown of the rule of law in South Africa that communities across the country take the law into their own hands, as we have recently seen taking place in Diepsloot, Johannesburg. The alleged marriage of the Free State mayor is just one more example.
No country can prosper, create jobs or improve the lives of its people if the rule of law is allowed to disintegrate as we have seen in South Africa. ActionSA is committed to turning the situation around and doing the difficult work of fixing the country.