peterSunday News Reporter
SOUTH AFRICA is set to bolster security along its borderline with Zimbabwe with 200 border guards set to be deployed this week.
In a statement last Thursday, the South Africa Department of Home Affairs said Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is scheduled to unveil the first 200 cohorts of the Border Management Authority (BMA) Border Guards on Thursday at the Beitbridge Port of Entry in Musina.
The Authority is expected to tighten border management by implementing an integrated and coordinated approach in the border management environment.
“When fully established, the BMA will play a pivotal role in tackling border security challenges impacting on the country and its neighbours, such as uncoordinated traveller processing, cross-border criminality, illegal crossings and undue delays in the facilitation of movement of goods and services.
The BMA model will pave the way for the creation of smart border posts and systems and advance trade facilitation in the region.”
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