Cape Town – Police apprehended a Zimbabwean national attempting to obtain accreditation for Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidential inauguration using an identity document belonging to a deceased person.
The individual admitted buying the ID from a home affairs official and using it since 2000.
State Security flagged him during vetting, and he claimed to work for an inauguration service provider.
“On Monday the individual presented himself at the accreditation centre and was trying to obtain accreditation. He apparently said he works for a service provider. The system immediately detected he is using an ID that belonged to a deceased person.
“We immediately apprehended him and he is in police custody. The charges he is facing are fraud and contravention of the Immigration Act,” police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said.
