Malusi Gigaba tries to allay fears about Border Management Authority
HOME Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba sought to ease concern about the Border Management Authority Bill and its implications for the taxman and the police, saying the agency would not take over the powers or duties of either the South African Revenue Service (SARS) or the South African Police Service (SAPS).Gigaba was speaking to the portfolio committee on home affairs in Parliament on Tuesday morning. This was part of a series of public hearings that the committee kicked off to get submissions on the bill.READ THIS: Cosatu against outsourcing at border agencyThe implications of the bill for SAPS and SARS emerged as a bone of contention during a portfolio committee meeting on the bill in August, where both suggested that lines of authority and the operational liberties of the Border Management Authority (BMA) were unclear.The bill envisages a border management regime managed by a new agency that will have customs officials and security personnel at all of SA’s multiple ports of entry...
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