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Beitbridge border control only has two working computers �` DA

Source: Citizen, 08/08/2018


The party has called Malusi Gigaba’s ‘war on queues’ a farce.
The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday said the immigration office at
the Beitbridge border post had only two working computers, partly
explaining the long wait endured by those traveling to South Africa’s
northern neighbour.
DA home affairs spokesman Haniff Hoosen visited the border post and
found staff struggling to do their work because of a lack of resources
and outdated technology.
“For example, there are supposed to be 16 computers available and
functioning to process people entering or leaving the border. However,
only two computers are currently working. The fact that there are only
two computers available to process the high number of people who cross
the border every day confirms that Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba
is completely out of touch.
“Minister Gigaba’s ‘war on queues’ is clearly a farce.”
Hoosen said that, during their visit, DA officials heard complaints
from people at the border who said they were told they had to pay
bribes of the order of R200 if they wanted to skip the queue.
He added that residents of Musina in Limpopo province complained that
Zimbabweans were able to simply walk across the border undetected.
“This is an indictment on both the DHA (the department of home
affairs) and the ANC government whose inefficiencies in allocating
adequate resources to our secure the borders.
“The officials at Beitbridge cannot win this fight alone, despite
their genuine dedication to their work. They need the support of the
DHA and border control management to effectively control the flow of
people at the border post and to and secure the border from illegal
immigration.”
The department of home affairs deployed an extra 37 officials to the
border post ahead of Zimbabwe’s national elections last week but
travellers complained of waiting up to six hours to cross.
Department of home affairs spokesman Thabo Mokgola declined to comment.
“We are not going to respond to the DA’s populist crusade,” he told ANA.


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