The Department of Home Affairs and the Border Management Agency (BMA) have announced the introduction of drones to monitor the country’s borders during the upcoming Easter long weekend where cross-border movement is expected to intensify. The department, and its agency tasked with managing South Africa’s ports of entries, also announced the introduction of body cameras for selected staff interacting with travellers. This was announced by Dr Leon Schreiber, the Minister for Home Affairs in Pretoria today, 10 April 2025. Schreiber…

Musina, Limpopo – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is battling to contain illegal migrants crossing into South Africa from the Zimbabwe border, said a SANDF official. Briefing the media recently in Musina, Lieutenant Colonel Mzoxolo Ketsekile, Battalion Commander of Operation Corona, said they have deployed many soldiers along the border to stop people smuggling goods and crossing in and out of the country at undesignated points. He said illegal border crossing is prevalent along the borderline and it…

South African authorities should screen all officials, patrol back routes and introduce technology tools such as drones on the country’s borderlines if they are serious about fighting cross-border crime and human trafficking. This is according to a former police officer turned crime researcher who spoke to African Times in the wake of the arrests of three suspects linked to cross-border human trafficking. In the latest incident, police nabbed three people in connection with transporting 23 foreign nations believed to be…

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — South Africa on Thursday unveiled the Border Management Authority (BMA) in its northernmost province of Limpopo in a bid to combat cross-border crime. Established in response to a number of serious challenges, the BMA was designed to address security, migration, safety, congestion, and long transit problems at the borders, said President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the authority. “A more secure border is important for curbing illegal migration, human smuggling and trafficking. It will…