CONTRALESA to meet with March and March on immigration sentiments
CONTRALESA to meet March and March to address ongoing anti-illegal immigrant sentiments.
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The Congress of Traditional Leaders (CONTRALESA) says it will meet with March and March to address the continuing anti-illegal immigration sentiments.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Wednesday convened a special meeting with traditional leaders and the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration to review border and immigration management.
The meeting reaffirmed government’s commitment to the five-pillar plan, which aims to strengthen border security, reduce irregular migration, and enforce immigration rules.
CONTRALESA President Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena says, “Some time back, traditional leaders used to have those powers when any person comes to our area, that person had to be brought to a traditional leader to be registered and even to be known as to why are you here, what for and for how long. But unfortunately, that cannot happen anymore.”
“Those powers are now given to the municipality. Be as it may, we raised those concerns as well. Hence, now, we have arranged a meeting with March and March in Gauteng so that we see what else we can do in settling this dispute between our people and the illegal foreigners.”
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Meanwhile, the Federation of Unions (FEDUSA) has raised concern over growing tensions around illegal immigration in the country.
The union says the surge in anti-illegal immigrant sentiment appears to be coordinated and politically orchestrated.
FEDUSA has called on the working class to reject all attempts to divide it along national, ethnic or tribal lines.
FEDUSA Deputy General Secretary Ashley Benjamin says they acknowledge South Africans’ frustrations over unemployment, crime and crumbling public services, but says migrants and undocumented foreign nationals are not to blame.
“We are saying to government that they must accept responsibility for this crisis that they created to a large extent. Weak border management or porous borders is one of the biggest contributors that we have in this crisis of illegal immigrants in our country, Home Affairs inefficiencies. The department of employment only has 2 300 permanent inspectors dealing with millions of workers and hundreds and thousands of workplaces to be inspected. So, government must govern and they must ensure that South Africans are protected and that our country’s borders are protected,” adds Benjamin.
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