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Home affairs hypocrisy

Source: Mail & Guardian, 09/03/2018

For migrants who have watched the Gupta citizenship saga over the past
week, rage does not begin to describe their feelings. This family got
what many could not: they found the secret to getting home affairs to
do their bidding.
The laissez-faire attitude of Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba, as
he summarily stripped the Guptas of their citizenship, then recanted
his statement (using his director general as a mouthpiece), was the
only thing most African migrants could relate to in this entire
situation.
The legality of a migrantâ€™s stay in South Africa is entirely at the
whim of incompetent and/or indifferent officials. Your country of
origin is an amusement to them, and you should be grateful simply to be
here ï¿½` you should not ask to have your humanity recognised or be
treated with kindness, fairness or professionalism.
As for the Guptasâ€™ experience with home affairs, who knew it could be
so efficient? Who knew you could be treated in a professional manner
without being laughed at for wanting a better life and going about it
legally? Who knew you could be granted permits without humiliation,
exorbitant costs or unnecessary rigamarole? One prominent family knew.
Donâ€™t start getting ideas above your station, though.

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