The Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA’s) bid to rid its ranks of corruption moved ahead this weekend with another round of arrests in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.  On Saturday, 14 June, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (The Hawks) arrested five people who were allegedly part of a syndicate involved in passport fraud. Among those arrested was a former Home Affairs official from the DHA’s Prospecton office and a municipal project volunteer from the Commercial Street office. The DHA confirmed that three other people were arrested. Denzil Taylor is in conversation with Immigration Law Expert, Ashraf Essop.