President Cyril Ramaphosa's address comes after weeks and weeks of escalating public barbarity towards migrants, emergent anti-immigrant “riots” masquerading as “protests”, and a “deadline” set by avant-garde groups demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country or face spartan consequences.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, delivered an address to the nation on the Sunday, where he theoretically presented a comprehensive “solution” to tackle illegal immigration and the influx of foreigners in this country which is being seen as the fundamental problem for crime, poverty and unemployment.
The address comes after weeks and weeks of escalating public barbarity towards migrants, emergent anti-immigrant “riots” masquerading as “protests”, and a “deadline” set by avant-garde groups demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country or face spartan consequences.
To address the above issues, he presented a beleaguered five-point strategem. They include intensifying workplace compliance inspections, enhancing border infrastructure, utilising digital technologies, rooting out internal corruption within the Department of Home Affairs and stamping out the illegal selling of identity documents. South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has been plagued by deep-rooted, systemic corruption, particularly in its immigration, permitting, and civic services branches for more than two decades.
