This is not the type of headline you would love to read about but since we have a couple of South African friends and we know what it is like in South Africa we wanted to highlight the issue. This type of headline is not good for South Africans wanting to come to London at all as the United Kingdom will give everyone from there the evil eye before stamping their passports.

There are thousands of South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders and Namibians making their way to the United Kingdom for a working holiday. To see a bit of Europe, live on the other side of the world and make a bit of money before going back to where they come from. It has become one of those must experience experiences to have and now a few corrupt people are going to ruin it for everyone. What a pity indeed.

South African Passports are worthless, now we know why. As a result, British immigration experts said, the South African passport was “no longer worth the paper it’s written on”. South Africa leapt to the top of the British government’s visa “hit list” last month following a British trial that heard that at least 6 000 illegal Asian immigrants had been smuggled into Britain on South African passports.

Last week Sir Stephen Lander, chairman of Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, told Britain’s Home Affairs Committee that the case “is likely” to lead to visa controls being placed on all South Africans, the Sunday Times said.
British immigration authorities are currently subjecting South Africa, with other countries, to a “Visa Waiver Test”, expected to end this year.

Experts said South Africa was almost certain to fail on three of the six key criteria due to crime and Home Affairs corruption. On Friday, the British Home Office insisted a decision had not been made but admitted that the issues raised by a recent police operation “will be of concern to both governments”.

Cleo Mosana, spokesperson for Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, acknowledged on Friday that there were “major issues about the integrity and credibility” of South African passports, the Sunday Times said.