Tue Jun 18 06:41:00 SAST 2013
Tue Jun 18 06:41:00 SAST 2013

Home Affairs blamed for crime

Jun 11, 2012 | Katlego Moeng | 7 comments

INCOMPETENCE in the Department of Home Affairs is causing serious problems for the judicial system and prisons authorities.

The high number of foreign nationals within South Africa who do not have proper documentation and find themselves in conflict with the laws of the land are contributing to the over-crowding in prisons.

The number of foreign nationals presently incarcerated in Gauteng's prisons is 5571, including 2826 who have been sentenced and 2725 who are awaiting trial.

Johannesburg Prison houses 2191 foreign nationals, of which 1552 are remand detainees. This is against a total population of just under 10000.

Senior magistrate and head of crime section in Joburg, Pieter du Plessis, told the portfolio committee on correctional services during an oversight briefing at Johannesburg Central Prison that "if the issue of foreign nationals was controlled adequately, about one-third of the cases can be cleared".

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Jun 11, 2012

PORQUENOMEQUIERES

yes,the home affair is 100% responsible.

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Jun 11, 2012

Tasto

@PORQUENOMEQUIERES
yes,the home affair is 100% responsible

No no the party governing the Country is to blame for this mess !!
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Jun 11, 2012

sabza007

PORQUENOMEQUIERES
yes,the home affair is 100% responsible.

@PORQUENOMEQUIERES
yes,the home affair is 100% responsible

@Tasto
No no the party governing the Country is to blame for this mess !!
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Actually, both you are correct. The ANC run this country like ...like...like...I don't know what. But they are messing our beautiful country.The numbers indicated on the article a drop in the ocean as compared to thousands of foreigners who are involved in crime everyday but haven't been caught as yet.
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Jun 11, 2012

PORQUENOMEQUIERES

@Tasto
@samza07
got it right,thans guys
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Jun 11, 2012

Warren

As mandated gate keepers to the country,the Department of Home Affairs is directly responsible for the uncontrolled chaos affecting the livelihood of South Africans in our country because of millions of illegal foreigners roaming the country.
They should have long been held responsible and yet,nobody is prepared to admit that they have messed up and failed citizens by allowing sentiments and career interests to come first before the country and its citizens.
How do we start fixing it when we close ranks instead of admitting that we let our people down badly?

I still ask,how do you justify that we are harbouring the highest number of unidentified foreign nationals in the whole world? From fugitives from the law in their own countries to a drug dealer.

Did somebody expect that this millions of illegal,unidentified foreigners would just disappear and blend into communities without affecting jobs,health services,crime prevention and other service delivery?
The individuals under whose watch, we saw the infamous "Pilot project" to allow millions of unidentified foreigners into the country,and the U TURN on the documentation drive of millions of undocumented Zimbabweans, were rewarded for their work in their ministries and they are still holding ministerial positions where they are completely buffered from the effects of their decisions.

They need to be held accountable for the mess that South Africans are living through,from crime to joblessness. The millions of jobs in the hands of foreigners could be in the hands of South Africans if not for those inconsiderate and sentimental decisions which South Africans were not even consulted about.

The fact remains that those millions of illegals were clearly not planned for or provided for and for that reason,they clog up all well meaning efforts by our government to improve the quality of life of South Africans,also they impact negatively on the cost of living for poor and ordinary South Africans.


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Jun 11, 2012

Papage

and you still have the Minister wanting to head of Sadec and yet her home work is in tartas
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Jun 11, 2012

Jonsi

Some kids found a bag full of id's with no photos thrown out somewhere. Where do they come from? These foreigners won't do a thing without us and the people working for the home affairs being involved, and this is all about money. Our people are more concerned about money than the future of this country. South African women get married to the people they have never met in their lives just to let these people stay in this country, and this is done with the corrupt officials at the home affairs. THIS IS ALL DONE FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY AND NOT THE COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN.
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