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Border Control

Home Affairs vows to speed up Border Management Authority
National
/ 12 May 2021

Home Affairs vows to speed up Border Management Authority

Despite assurances, MPs remain unconvinced that the department has the capacity to manage the project

By Chris Gilili
Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration
Africa
/ 29 October 2019

Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration

Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start

By Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong
Border lessons: Pay up. Period
Article
/ 26 April 2019

Border lessons: Pay up. Period

This is an extract from the chapter titled Aisha, in which the author travels from Bamako in Mali to Conakry in Guinea

By Lerato Mogoatlhe 2
Border delays because officials can
Article
/ 9 November 2018

Border delays because officials can

Four hours after our arrival in Lagos, the immigration officials must have felt they had sufficiently flexed their muscles

By Staff Reporter
DA outlines immigration plan to deal with ‘porous borders’
Article
/ 16 October 2018

DA outlines immigration plan to deal with ‘porous borders’

The Democratic Alliance has presented a plan which it says will ‘secure borders and stop illegal immigration’

By Mashadi Kekana
Border kids search for a better life
Article
/ 5 October 2018

Border kids search for a better life

Unaccompanied Mozambican teenagers regularly attempt to cross into South Africa

By Carl Collison
Women in jeopardy at every post
Africa
/ 28 November 2013

Women in jeopardy at every post

Shady border officials are still subjecting female traders to sexual abuse and debilitating extortion.

By Staff Reporter
Tanzania ponders regional ouster
Africa
/ 7 November 2013

Tanzania ponders regional ouster

The East African Community has been accused of forging trilateral deals that exclude the country.

By Staff Reporter
Security doesn’t flow across the river
Africa
/ 3 May 2013

Security doesn’t flow across the river

This is the second in a series of four articles about the cross-border portability of social benefits for migrant workers.

By Eva-Lotta Jansson
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Article
/ 19 February 2012

Radebe promises better border control to combat crime

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says government is intensifying efforts to improve border management to deal with cross-border crime and poaching.

By Jonisayi Maromo
No image available
Africa
/ 4 April 2011

Porous border is smugglers’ paradise

<b>Sean O’Toole</b> and <b>Paul Botes</b> take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system.

By Sean Otoole and Paul Botes
The rise of the African border town
Africa
/ 22 December 2010

The rise of the African border town

African borders are not just dangerous places to be, they are also staggeringly inefficient.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 May 2009

US slams ‘corrupt’ SA home affairs department

Poor administration and corruption at the Department of Home Affairs has resulted in thousands of fraudulent passports, the US said in a report.

By Staff Reporter

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