Ibrahim Sissoko's eight-year battle to get the Department of Home Affairs to give him an extra "a" in his middle name resulted in a person purporting to be a department official demanding a bribe of R4 000. Sissoko wanted the misspelling of his middle name rectified - from "Mamdou" to "Mamadou" - on his permanent residency permit. "Regrettably, despite several visits to the VFS office to track the progress of my application, I have been informed that it remains pending in Pretoria," he told News24.

Source: News 24 March 12, 2024 13:09 UTC