Just 12 minutes after a British man sent an email to a secretary in the home affairs minister's office to ask about his retirement visa, he received a response from an official that ultimately led to an alleged demand for a R60 000 bribe.
In a sworn affidavit provided to the police, which includes copies of emails and WhatsApp conversations, Chris Campbell detailed how a request for information about the renewal of retirement visas for him and his wife led to an attempt to solicit a bribe from the couple in exchange for expediting the visas.
Campbell and his wife, Irene, applied for the renewal of their retirement visas through the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on 14 December 2022.