Minister Aaron Motsoaledi hits back at border posts closure critics
13 January 2021 8:36 AM
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The Home Affairs minister says only 27% of the people who congregated at Beitbridge Border post were returning for work.
Lack of planning and foresight has been blamed for the chaos at the Beitbridge border post.
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs visited the border post and blamed the Department of Home Affairs for not planning for the busy period.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the closure of 20 land borders in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Bongani Bingwa talks to Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi about the closure of borders.
Mboweni claim not supported by data
December 27, 2020 in Local
In April 2020 South African finance minister Tito Mboweni made a startling claim about the number of foreigners working in South Africa’s restaurant industry.
When he returned from exile in 1990, he said, eight in 10 restaurant workers were South African.
“The other two were probably Malawian or Zimbabwean. Today almost 100% are non-South African.”
The claim resurfaced in October 2020 when the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s second-largest opposition party, called on businesses to ensure that at least 60% of their staff were South African citizens.
Is there any evidence for Mboweni’s claim? We took a closer look.
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SITTING on a pavement in Raleigh Street, Yeoville’s main street, with late-afternoon foot traffic bustling past him, Gift Mupambiki seems unperturbed by the noise around him as he jams on his keyboard.
Despite the incessant hooting of cars and taxis and the commotion of daily life and passers-by, Mupambiki’s repetitive electronic melody is clear. Nearby, a group of men come out of a tavern to watch him play. Most people just pass by, but the occasional child accompanying a parent, unable to contain their curiosity, tries to stop, briefly, to listen.
Mupambiki has been coming to this spot near the library almost every day for years. Blind in both eyes, face mask pulled up to almost cover his eyes, he plays his upbeat keyboard melodies and hopes for some money to be dropped into the tin cup in front of him. His jamming, combined with begging, is how he has been earning a living on the streets of Johannesburg for more than a decade.