The Department of Home Affairs and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) plan to ramp up their capabilities in the coming months to stop hijacked vehicles from crossing the border into the rest of Africa.
Answering in a recent parliamentary Q&A, Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the government has identified“Working with members of the South African Police Services , the SANDF has put measures in place, to prevent either hijacked and/or stolen cars from crossing our borders,” he said.
Motsoaledi added that the Border Management Authority, which currently falls under the ambit of the Department of Home Affairs, has issued a public advertisement to recruit 200 ‘patriotic border guards’ who will be deployed in these vulnerable segments of the borderline to augment the work of the SANDF officers.
“In addition, the Border Management Authority has started engagements with our immediate neighbours through the Joint Technical Committees to devise strategies to jointly address these inter-jurisdictional crimes.” The data, which was presented by the South African Police Service to parliament on 18 February, covers the period between October and December 2021.
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