An SA Tourism review confirmed that a significant portion of the payments was received by a media agency in March 2023 for services that weren’t rendered.
‘A couple of things that we have consistently made recommendations about when it comes to looking for fraudsters is that you need to ensure that they re actually a fully registered business and that they have business bank accounts,’ says Otto de Vries, CEO of the Association of Southern African Travel Agents.
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South Africans trying to get to the United States are travelling to Namibia, Botswana and even further afield to apply for visas because of the massive backlogs in visa processing at the US embassy offices in South Africa.