House Chair, the ANC supports the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. The Constitution of our country provides for the right of dignity in the Bill of Rights which entails the right to identification and citizenship amongst other things. The Department of Home Affairs plays a critical role in entrenching the rights of our people to citizenship. Through the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, the department continues to strengthen and deepen our democracy by creating a platform for our people to exercise their rights in determining the government of their choice. In this call, we applaud the work by the IEC in the recent elections in May.
The Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report, BRRR, further ensures that the Department of Home Affairs will focus on repositioning itself as a modern and secure organisation improving and expanding client interface and delivery of imperatives, establishing and
operationalising a border management agency, streamlining and securing international migration as well as establishing public-private partnership in support of key infrastructure projects.
As part of contributing to the target set by the President of doubling international tourists arrival to 21 million by 2030, the department has introduced an e- visa which will ensure the ease of travel for our international visitors and the creation of jobs especially in the tourism sector and the entire value chain.
We have noted the clean audit achieved by the Government Printing Works, GPW, and we urge them to ensure return on investment, sound financial management and sustainability. We also note the unqualified audit opinion received by the department and urge that it enforces consequence management for procurements which are not complaint with the supply chain management regulations, irregular expenditure and corruption. We also urge the department to feel existing vacancies to ensure stability and efficient services to our people.
The ANC, therefore, supports the BRRR of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. [Applause.]
Division demanded.
The House divided.