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The Department of Home Affairs says it acknowledges the media and public interest into the ongoing investigation requested by the Miss South Africa pageant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe update provided yesterday indicates that our team is hard at work to establish the full set of facts and committed to communicating those facts in a transparent manner at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo safeguard the integrity of the process, the department will, however, not be commenting publicly again until we are in a position to announce the final outcome of the inquiry. We are committed to concluding the investigation speedily.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also call on South Africans to support our work by safeguarding due process, respecting the constitutional rights of all parties at all times, and refraining from inflaming divisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy upholding these principles, we can rebuild the rule of law \u2013 together,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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