'Phone-Obsessed' South African Immigration Officer Faces Probe

An immigration officer filmed processing documents while using her smartphone and allegedly ignoring long queues of travellers at the Beitbridge border post with Zimbabwe will face an inquiry, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has said.

Screenshot from a video of an immigration officer at the Beitbridge border post using her phone while processing documents.

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