Mr President, the vast majority of Zimbabwean and Congolese nationals in South Africa are here because of political instability in their own countries. The great majority of them are good people. Their leaders, however, are not. Yet, over decades your government has made more effort, through your soft diplomacy, to be
kind to these ghastly leaders than kind to the people of those countries.
We have a duty to provide them with asylum and yet Home Affairs officials seek bribes to issue documents. However, not a single one of them has been fired for this. They do exist. They want bribes in order to give the necessary documents to these asylum seekers.
When will your government start taking a strong stance against these human- rights violators in the interest, not only of our own country, but also of the people of those countries that are our friends? Thank you.