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No changes to child travel requirements - Minister

Source: Tourism Update, 30/03/2017

There would be no changes to South Africaâ€™s strict immigration laws
due to 15 cases of child trafficking at OR Tambo since January, the
most recent being on March 29.

Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs, said at a media briefing at
OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday.

This announcement comes after Thabo Mokgola, Spokesperson for the
Department of Home Affairs, advised on March 6 that changes to South
Africaâ€™s immigration laws were expected to be released â€œany time
between now and the end of the monthâ€.

Gigaba confirmed that people travelling out of South Africa with a
child would still have to produce an unabridged birth certificate for
the child to prove the relationship between the minor and parents. If
the child is travelling with a guardian, the guardian must produce a
letter of consent written by the childâ€™s parents no more than three
months previously.

The Minister said: â€œThe visa regulations that were introduced in 2014
are paying off. It is the responsibility of South Africa not to turn a
blind eye to trafficking.â€

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