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Time to take Home Affairs to court, says Satsa

Source: Tourism Update, 23/11/2016

Satsa CEO, David Frost will urge that the issue of the unabridged
birth certificate requirement be taken to court, at the upcoming TBCSA
board meeting.

Satsa will take up the issue of unabridged birth certificates at the
upcoming Tourism Business Council of South Africa board meeting on
December 6 and and will urge that the matter be taken to court.

"It is my considered opinion that the only way we will actually get
the truth to be considered on the issue of unabridged birth
certificates is in a court of law," said David Frost, Satsa CEO, in a
newsletter to the trade. Frost previously told Tourism Update that the
association had already sought an opinion from senior legal counsel on
the matter.

Frost said Satsa had met with the Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom,
together with senior leaders from the industry, and had come up with a
number of solutions on the issue of congestion at OR Tambo
International Airport.

He added that attempts to meet with the Department of Home Affairs to
table these issues had been met with contempt and said "the plight of
visitors to our country continues to be disregarded".

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