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Malusi Gigaba commits to keep South Africans safe

Source: - Business Day, 09/06/2016

SOUTH Africans take for granted that they do not have to worry much
about terrorism, but prospective visitors to the country need to be
carefully appraised before being allowed in, Home Affairs Minister
Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday.

His statement was another from a government minister since the US
terror alert issued on Saturday and subsequently affirmed by the
British and Australian governments.

"We take it for granted in South Africa that we don`t have to worry
that much about terrorism. I do not mean to sound over ominous, when I
suggest that most companies feel the same way until they do suffer
attacks," said Gigaba, speaking on the last day of the Vision 2030
Summit in Kempton Park.

"We are responsible for deciding whether all prospective visitors of
our country are allowed into the country," he said.

The minister also spoke about the pressure his department faced in
doing its work, saying it got all the criticism and none of the
praise.

"The nature of the security department, such as home affairs, is that
we are criticised by those who have the luxury to worry only about
their own inconvenience or economic concerns," he said. "We receive
criticism for the few criminals that slip through our net such as the
White Widow several years ago. But receive no praise for the many we
prevent."

Gigaba said only a minority of visitors entered SA irregularly and
were dangerous criminals involved in terrorism and human trafficking,
among other crimes.

However, terrorism was still a reality in many places in continent and
the world, he said. "Countries in North, East and West Africa have
suffered terrorist attacks in recent months and years and certainly
like us, they did not expect this," the minister said.

Gigaba said this was the reason Home Affairs had to be proactive about
preventing suspicious individuals from entering the country as they
also lured young people into a life of terrorism.

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