It is myopic to view border management only as a way to fight illegal migration
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze shows tenuous grasp on SA's migration policy in her article on BusinessLIVE
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze raises important issues of national importance in her article of November 5, but it does not reveal a firm grasp of SA’s evolving policy on international migration. It may have enriched her argument had she selected a preferred area of focus, such as the recent posturing and scapegoating of migrants by some among us ahead of the 2019 general elections. It is clear for all to see that the government of the day has not, and will not, use a complex human-rights issue such as African migration as “a campaigning tool” or an election gimmick. Its mandate, articulated as early as the Mandela era, is to deliver a better life for the people, regardless of race, nationality, gender or any other divisive notion of power.
In spite of challenges, which are being addressed progressively, the department of home affairs is not “ineffective”, as alleged. Border management in SA is exercised through collaborative efforts between 27 different organs of state, performing ...
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