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Fake 'Omang' cases on the rise

Identity card PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Identity card PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: Cases of foreign nationals, particularly those involving Zimbabweans who fraudulently obtain the national identity document widely referred to as Omang, are on the rise.

One such case went before Magistrate Wanani Ngebani on Friday where a 36-year-old Zimbabwean Lindiwe Ncube appeared.

Ncube is charged with "uttering a false document (Omang) to an official" of the Department of Civil and National Registration in the Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs on January 13 at Ntshe House. When she appeared in court, the State made an application for her remand in custody because investigations are still at an initial stage.

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