Hon Chairperson, hon members, since 1994 great strides have been made in demilitarising and deracialising the management of our country's borders by introducing various capabilities to keep effect the border management.
The consequence of establishing these various organs of state such as immigration control, customs control, border policing amongst others resulted in the emergency of a silo approach to border control, border law enforcement and border protection.
Various structures are subsequently put in place to attempt to co-ordinate the mandates and actions of these distinct organs of state in the border environments. However, there have been systemic and structural problems of co-ordination and a fragmented border management system. It is against this background that Cabinet decided on the 26th of June 2013 to address an integrated approach through the establishment of border management urgency in South Africa.
Hon Chairperson, the latest report by the Department of Home Affairs through the committee indicated that 8891 state officials from at