do. We will strengthen the SA National Defence Force border patrols from 15 to the required 22 sub-units to cover the porous borderline between border posts.
The Socio-economic Impact Assessment of the BMA Bill commissioned by Home Affairs proposed an option of a Border Management Agency solely for the purposes of co-ordinating the various line departments in the border law enforcement area.
The agency would develop and implement coherent policy and institutional guidelines, improve working relations and facilitate joint operations between stakeholders but leave the staff within their line departments. The Bill with its current scope should be rejected and work should begin on the option of a border management co-ordinating agency without any further delay. Therefore, the DA does not support the Border Management Authority Bill. Thank you very much.
Chairperson, we rejected the Border Management Authority Bill when it was first tabled in the National Assembly. As we felt then, we still feel that this is an unnecessary piece of legislation.