Home Affairs ready for Easter influx
The Home Affairs minister has appealed to members of the public who are planning to travel through the ports to comply with all the respective legislation.
THE Department of Home Affairs says it is ready for the Easter season influx of travellers who will be traveling through the country’s ports of entry.
In 2018, South Africa recorded 1.2 million traveller movements during the Easter period. One in four travellers were South Africans.
Home Affairs Minister Siyabonga Cwele said the department has put in place plans to ease the movement of people and goods.
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“The plans are a demonstration of coordination amongst government departments and agencies and the strength of relations we enjoy with our neighbouring countries. Each Easter and festive season, an operational plan is prepared to ease traveller movements because our ports of entry record higher numbers of traveller movements during these periods. During the Easter period, most of the movements are for tourism and religious purposes,” Cwele said.
Cwele appealed to members of the public who are planning to travel through the ports to comply with all the respective legislation.
“Some travellers experience unnecessary delays that results in congestion at the ports because they do not confirm requirements prior to traveling,” Cwele said, adding that prospective travellers can contact immigration officials to confirm the documents required for their travel.
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The top five nationalities who travelled through the South African ports of Entry were Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique.
Outside the region, the highest numbers came from the United Kingdom, United States of America and Germany.
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