A manager at Al Noor orphanage has handed himself over to police in connection with charges related to the abuse of 17 children at the orphanage.
More details on this to follow.
Meanwhile, the woman accused of stealing from the orphans under her care used FOUR different identities and committed bigamy since she entered South Africa in 2000.
A Home Affairs officer, who has been investigating Al Noor’s owner Amina Okpara since 2011, on Monday testified in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court that she came into SA illegally.
Adrian Jackson said Okpara had three other aliases, namely Amiena Madien, Amina Mankaa and Amina Enyegue.
Okpara, 47, a mother of two, was arrested by the Hawks for allegedly stealing donations and funding provided to the orphanage.
She also faces three counts of contravention of the immigration act and a charge of fraud.
Her arrest comes just a week after Social Development officials swooped into the orphanage and rescued 17 children following allegations of sexual assault.
Jackson said Okpara and her husband, Mohammed Mustapha Enyegue, were given political asylum in 2000.
The couple, from Cameroon, were married under Islamic law.
Jackson said in 2003, she married Cedric Madien at Home Affairs to obtain citizenship.
She then married Nigerian national Shadrick Okpara in 2012, for him to gain SA citizenship after he was turned down numerous times.
According to Jackson, there are records of marriages and divorces for Okpara, but none of these were legal.
It is believed she had connections with skelme Home Affairs officials and cops to help her with these.
Prosecutor Adiel Jansen again emphasised he was opposed to bail as he believed Okpara was a huge flight risk.
The matter was postponed to Wednesday for heads of argument to be submitted.