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Rights groups slam Home Affairs

Source: Cape Argus, 20/04/2018

â€œInstead of complying with the court order, (Home Affairs) is
pretending to be compliant when they are not, and attempting to evade
responsibility by blaming the Department of Public Works for their own
inaction,â€ said Marike Keller from Sonke Gender Justiceâ€™s policy
development and advocacy unit.
They have accused the department of failing to comply with the Supreme
Court of Appeal order to open the centre.
â€œBy failing to comply with these court orders, (Home Affairs) has not
only shown a brazen disregard for South Africaâ€™s judicial processes,
which are the cornerstone of our democracy, but also its apathy towards
the plight of asylum seekers and refugees,â€ Keller said.
The Supreme Court of Appeal found the decision to close the Cape Town
RRO â€œsubstantively unlawful and irrationalâ€ and required the department
to reopen and maintain a fully functional RRO in the Cape Town
metropolitan area by March 31 and to provide monthly reports on its
progress in complying with the order.
â€œPassing responsibility onto the Department of Public Works, and
implicating them in the delay in Cape Town, shows the sheer lack of
accountability and transparency on the part of the Department of Home
Affairs. We reject this reasoning,â€ Sonke Gender Justice said.
In a statement released this week, Home Affairs said it was waiting on
the Department of Public Works to provide suitable office accommodation.
â€œTo this end, we have engaged the Department of Public Works who, in
turn, have issued a procurement instruction to their regional office in
Cape Town. Public Works have provided a project execution plan on April
6.â€

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