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SA’s Border Management Agency Protecting borders a collective task

IT HAS been reported that South Africa is at present home to millions of foreign nationals who have gained illegal entry into the country. The figure of 15 million is hard to believe but the public believes this statistic because the country’s borders are porous. It would appear there has been no effective control of the flow of people and goods in or out of the country for some time.

This includes air, land, and sea borders. Not long ago social media went abuzz when a video showing Pakistani nationals apparently being smuggled through OR Tambo International Airport went viral.

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