Home Affairs Deported SA Citizen To Zim

Posted by Farrel Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:54:00 GMT

If ever you were ever in doubt that there is something really really wrong in the Dept of Home Affairs then read this nightmare story about how the department deported David Phadlela, a South African citizen, to Zimbabwe for not having his ID book with him on the street (and you thought the days of carrying a ‘dompas’ were over). That the victim only received R40 600 in damages is nothing short of an embarassment. But to me a suprising revelation was this:

The court ordered that Bosasa Operations Pty Ltd, trading as Lindela Repatriation Camp, was in default as the company did not defend the action. The company must thus pay Phadlela’s damages.

Hold up. We have private companies operating repatriation camps? How do they get paid? By the number of people they deport? In the US there are entire conspiracy theories based around government and corporate run repatriation camps (meant for specifically for US citizens not illegal immigrants although that didn’t exactly turn out the case here) and lo and behold we actually have it here. This coupled with Home Affairs involvement in the secret and possibly illegal smuggling of terror suspects to Pakistan is probably another reason why the entire department should be shut down and rebuilt from the ground up. I fear they are beyond saving.

David Phadlela is going to go back to court soon to sue the Ministers of Home Affairs and Safety and Security although the asking damages of R76 000 is far too little for this kind of incompetence. His lawyers should add an extra zero on the end as well as demand the resignation of every implicated official in this travesty all the way up to the cabinet level.

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