Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has ruled out any further compromise with the Treasury on the Border Management Authority Bill that is in the process of being finalised by Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs. His statement on Sunday that all concerns had been resolved conflicts with a statement by a spokesman from the office of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa that there was still a window of opportunity for the Treasury to reserve a role for the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in customs and excise collection at ports of entry. Treasury is concerned that the incorporation of the customs and excise function into the border management agency, which will fall under the Department of Home Affairs, will mean a fragmentation of the role played by SARS and will undermine revenue collection at a time when SARS is having difficulty in meeting its revenue targets.
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