THE largest public sector union in SA has threatened a nationwide strike should the Department of Home Affairs continue to push for the creation of a border management agency, despite the department maintaining that the working conditions of employees would be in the ambit of the public service.The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday hit out at the alleged failure by the department to provide a "sound rationale" for the creation of a standalone border management agency whose officers would perform all law enforcement functions at all ports of entry in the country."There is absolutely no reason why the integrated and co-ordinated management of the ports of entry and enforcement of border law cannot be established within the public service," Nehawu general secretary Bereng Soke said.The Border Management Authority Bill has been several years in the making but has prompted concerns of overlapping functions between Home Affairs, the Police Ministry and...
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