Statement by Adrian Roos MP – DA Spokesperson on Home Affairs:
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is proud of the progress made by the Department of Home Affairs, under DA Minister Leon Schreiber, in strengthening border security, modernising ports of entry, and deporting illegal immigrants.
Recently over 600,000 individuals have been deported from South Africa, for either attempting to illegally enter South Africa, or from the interior of the country.
These deportations include over 500,000 persons deported by the Border Management Authority at the border while attempting to enter South Africa illegally, and 109,344 “inland deportations” completed since the formation of the GNU by the Department of Home Affairs, where people who are already in the country are deported.
This reflects a coordinated and determined approach to restoring the rule of law at South Africa’s borders under Minister Leon Schreiber.
Just yesterday Minister Schreiber announced a R12.5 billion investment into upgrading six of the country’s busiest land border posts, including Beitbridge, Lebombo and Maseru Bridge to make them safer and more secure.
These upgrades are also critical to reduce congestion, and will enable faster and more efficient movement of goods and people.
Efficient borders are not only a security imperative but an economic necessity, with delays at ports of entry historically costing South Africa billions in lost trade and reduced competitiveness – this is changing under Minister Schreiber.
These developments mark meaningful progress in securing our nation. South Africa’s border had previously been weakened by failing infrastructure and corruption, but that is being turned around now.
Across the Home Affairs ecosystem progress is tangible. Bank Branches offering SmartID applications, biometric verification, drones monitoring borders, and digital travel systems are all part of the Digital Transformation of Home Affairs being led by a DA Minister.
The DA reiterates our call for the Border Management Authority to be fully capacitated to carry out its expanded mandate. Crucially, the transfer of SAPS border policing functions must be finalised without further delay to ensure a unified and effective enforcement framework.
The DA supports reforms that secure South Africa’s borders while facilitating trade and economic growth. The current trajectory is positive and we know the minister will ensure that these reforms deliver real, lasting impact.
Nessie Pork
Fun South African Fact: South Africa has hosted the football (2010), cricket (2003) and rugby (1995) world cups
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A British man on safari walks into a bar far out in the reaches of a game reserve in Southern Africa, he stays at the bar for a while shooting the shit with the bartender and drinking like a fish, he offer to buy the barkeep a round and since no one else is within 2km of their small oasis of liquor the barkeep obliges. The englishman goes off to the bathroom to have a good old go at the porcelain, he\’s back and ready for a few more whiskeys. He\’s just sat down when suddenly in the distance he hears a scream. He looks over his shoulder and dismisses it as nothing, he turns to the barkeep and orders a drink, takes a sip and hears the scream again. He looks at the barkeep who just shrugs it off. A minute or two later he and the barman hear it again and go outside to take a look. They see a lone figure running towards them screaming, he spots them and lets out a cry, RUN!!!!! HE\”S COMING!!!!!
The barkeep and the Englishman both look at the terrified bedraggled sight before them, and try to calm him down, but he\’s completely inconsolable. They give him water and finally manage to get a word out of him but he struggles free from their grasp and run away screaming.
A few minutes later the same thing happens with a whole group of men running in and screaming, he\’s coming, he\’s coming the barkeep grabs hold of one of the men as he tries to sprint past the bar and tries to get information out of him, again no response other than terrified gibberish.
The barkeep and his customer are starting to get worried, they start to pack up before another group of horrified natives run up to the bar most of them flee but one tries to hide behind the bar, the barkeep pulls out a shotgun and points it at the terrified man\’s face, finally managing to coax some words out of him. \”He\’s coming for us, Vernon Koekemoer is coming for us, we have to hide!!! We have to get out of here.\” He gets up and tries to run but the barkeep grabs him, feeling trapped in a panic he grabs the barkeeps shotgun and blows his own head off. The Englishman and the barkeep look at each other starting to really panic now.
They look out of the window and off in the distance they see a tornado coming towards the bar, at the bottom of the tornado they see the hugest beast of a man they have ever seen, as he gets closer they spot that he is riding a rhinocerous and using a crocodile as a riding whip, with each smack of the crocodile across the back of the rhino the louder is screams and the faster it runs, the tornado following it getting ever larger.
The 2 look at each other and start to fortify their position, they\’ve got a gun and they\’re waaay to drunk to run, so they start piling bar stool and tables and anything they can get their hands on to make sure they\’ll be safe when he arrives. They\’re not gonna make it, they can see the man slowing down his rhino, by now the crocodile is nothing but reptile paste on the bruised rump of the half dead rhino, the rhino drops down dead from exhaustion and crashes to the ground right outside the bar the tornado loses it\’s last breath in a cloud of dust as the huge man crashes his way through the make shift barricade and charges up towards the bar where the 2 men have taken shelter, he grabs a bottle of the hardest liquor on the shelf and down the entire litre in 1 gulp, he peers over the bar sobbing and sees the 2 defenders cowering down behind the crates of beer, they look up at the mans\’ face and he stares at them with a look of complete and utter hopelessness, he stares at them for a half second and half screams, half sobs, \”Oh my god what are you still doing here!!! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!!! Vernon Koekemoer is coming!!!!\”