BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato addressed the media during the second-quarter performance briefing, highlighting the BMA’s 92% success rate in the second quarter of 2025/2026. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has achieved a 92% in its second-quarter performance report for the 2025/26 financial year, spanning July 1 to September 30, 2025. BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato highlighted that the authority successfully met 11 of its 12 quarterly targets, as set in its Annual Performance Plan, overcoming various operational challenges previously reported.
Masiapato spoke during a media briefing where he gave a report on the BMA’s work for the second quarter. He highlighted that heightened operational activities during the quarter were primarily driven by preparatory meetings for the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Over the three months, the BMA facilitated the attendance of several dignitaries at more than 40 G20 track meetings nationwide.
Additionally, the Grobler’s Bridge port of entry processed a significant number of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members attending their September pilgrimage in Moria, Limpopo. “With all these activities, the BMA immigration officers processed a total of 9,283,658 travellers as they were entering and leaving South Africa in this second quarter of the financial year. This represents an increase of about 23% of processed travellers compared to the same period in 2024, where only 7,576,650 movements were recorded,” Masiapato said. “With the help of surveillance technology, mainly the drones, about 8,135 apprehensions were affected across the various ports of entry and the respective vulnerable segments, of which 4,092 were undocumented, 2,061 were inadmissible, and 1,982 were undesirables.”
