Dancer recruited in Moscow sidesteps deportation, for now, in battle with SA home affairs DG

High court judge strips home affairs director-general’s declaration that the mother of two was a ‘prohibited person’

14 March 2023 - 20:31

A dancer recruited in Moscow, who was found to have a fake work visa in Cape Town, has become an unlikely beneficiary of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine...

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