Motsoaledi faces being held in contempt after ignoring court order

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi yet again failed to comply with a court order, and will be held in contempt if he misses a new deadline set by the court. 

The matter has its genesis in 2016, when the applicant, identified only as TC in the judgment, obtained a work permit through a third party in South Africa.

"In 2020, he became aware that his purported work permit was, in fact, fraudulent and that that third party defrauded him. Pursuant thereto, the applicant approached the Department of Home Affairs in good faith to have the situation rectified," reads Western Cape High Court Judge James Lekhuleni's judgment.