THE Border Management Authority Bill continues to divide opinion, with trade union federation Cosatu becoming its latest critic and poised to make a submission on the bill in Parliament on Tuesday. The Department of Home Affairs insists the bill has Cabinet support, despite misgivings from the Treasury and the police ministry. All three are due to appear in Parliament on Tuesday to argue for and against the bill during public hearings by the portfolio committee on home affairs. The bill proposes the establishment of an agency that will oversee the management of the country’s ports of entry and will place them under the control of the minister of home affairs. The most immediate implication of this would be the South African Revenue Service’s role in customs collections. Cosatu’s parliamentary office on Monday raised another concern: the prospect of placing control of the mooted border management agency outside the public service. Department of Home Affairs spokesman Mayihlome Tshwet...
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