Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor Naledi Pandor will make a statement once a probe on how Samantha Lewthwaite obtained her passport is finalised.
The circumstances around the fraudulent acquisition of an SA passport by a terror suspect are still being investigated, says a government official.
Al-Shabab’s insistence that no woman joined them in the Nairobi mall attack may dismiss speculation that ‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite took part.
A debate around the term "White Widow" has raged in the M&G newsroom, with some feeling it’s racist. Chris Roper weighs in on the argument.
A South African passport alleged to have been used by Samantha Lewthwaite to enter Kenya had been issued in Durban but was "cancelled" in 2011.
Media say the "White Widow", suspected of being linked to the Nairobi mall attack, took out loans and rented property in Johannesburg under an alias.
Britain’s top diplomat in Kenya has said the arrest of a Briton following the Westgate mall shooting is not significant for investigations.
The home affairs department says it is probing a report that one of the suspects behind the Westgate mall seige travelled using a forged SA passport.
The al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they are still holding hostages as Kenya’s troops battle for a fourth day to end the bloody siege.
Kenyan police are investigating claims that the al-Shabab mall attack may have been led by Brit Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of the London 7/7 bomber.
An Irish terror suspect is using a fake SA passport to evade Kenyan cops and the CIA, but home affairs officials say they can’t be held responsible.