Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi. Picture: X/ @DOJCD_ZA In news today, Madlanga commission witnesses have criticised Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi after she claimed government had done everything to protect them. Meanwhile, the Border Management Authority (BMA) revealed it caught 8 135 people trying to enter the country illegally between July and September.
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Both witnesses who have and those who are due to testify in the Madlanga commission have criticised Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi’s claims that the commission has done everything in its power to protect whistleblowers. Government’s protection of witnesses has been criticised in the wake of Marius van der Merwe’s death on Friday evening. Responding to the backlash, Kubayi said she was pleased with the current witness protection programme and the commission’s efforts to protect witnesses.
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The Border Management Authority (BMA) has detailed how it busted 8 135 people trying to enter the country illegally between July and September this year. Reporting on its work during this period, the authority said on Sunday that more than half (4 092) of those apprehended were undocumented, and 1 982 were undesirables. The authority also identified 40 fraudulent documents, most of which were found at OR Tambo International Airport, Cape Town International Airport, and the Vioolsdrift land port of entry between South Africa and Namibia.
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