20-07-2025
Underfunding pushes Border Authority to the edge
JOHANNESBURG - The Border Management Authority is underfunded, understaffed, and overwhelmed.
The Authorities' latest report reveals a R4.5-billion shortfall, just a fraction of the boots and tech it needs.
Security expert Jakkie Cilliers says it's not surprising.
He says the idea was born under the Zuma administration, but is plagued by government incoherence.
"We are at a situation where I think R3.5-billion has been allocated to it, which is completely insufficient," said Jackie Cilliers, chair of the Institute for Security Studies Board of Trustees.
"We have an organisation that is not funded, that is supposed to perform a very necessary function that all the other departments were against, and now we struggle with insufficient funding."
