Deputy Chairperson, I would like to ask the hon Deputy Minister - never mind the irrelevant stuff - whether there is any co-operation between his department and that of Mr Cwele about the issue in question. I'm asking because many people gain entry into the country fraudulently using stolen identity documents and they do not do what they said they had come for in South Africa.]
USEKELA NGQONGQOSHE WEZASEKHAYA: Siyasebenzisana nayo yonke iMinyango efanelekile ukuthi sibheke amadokodo futhi sicubungule amadokodo abantu abafaka izicelo zokuzosebenza noma ukuzokwenza amabhizinisi la eNingizimu Afrika.
Iningi labantu abangena ngokungemthetho ezweni ngabantu abangangeni ngendlela efanelekile. Sinayo imishini, nezindlela zokucubungula amadokodo abantu abafaka izicelo zama-Visa zokuza eNingizimu Afrika. Abantu abangena ngokunge mthetho yilabo abeqa imingcele noma abafumbathisa abanye uma bezongena ezweni. Kodwa kulabo abazokwenza amabhizinisi noma abanamakhono angavamile, ababaningi abantu esike sabathola abangena ngalolo hlelo. Siyaye sibacubungule besese mazweni abo ukuze kuthi befika lapha sibe sesazi ukuthi siwenze wonke umsebenzi ofanelekile.
Sisebenzisana nezinkampani ngoba akuthina esibabuyisayo kepha basuke bebuyiswa yilezi zinkampani ezifunela bantu imisebenzi zisinikeze uhlu lwabantu ababafunayo nokuthi banaziphi izinhlobo zemfundo namadokodo. Bese thina sicubungula ngaleyo ndlela esenza ngayo ukuze umuntu ekwazi ukuza eNingizimu Afrika. Uma kungukuthi mhlawumbe umuntu ehluleka ukuphumelela ekwenzeni msulwa ngamaphoyisa siyaye ke simnqabele loyo muntu. Njengoba ngisho ababaningi abantu kulolu luhla lwabantu abangena ngalolu hlobo esesibathole ukuthi banezinkinga ezingaleyo ndlela. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The DEPUTY MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS: We are working with all the relevant departments when we check and verify the documents of the people who apply for permits to work in South Africa or to run businesses here.
Most of the people who come here illegally are people who do not follow the proper channels in respect of gaining access to this country. We have machines and mechanisms in place to check the visa applications of people who want to come to South Africa. Illegal immigrants are those people who cross the borders or who bribe others to gain access to this country, but amongst those who come to set up businesses or who have scarce skills, we have not found many people who gain entry in that manner. We do the checking while they are still in their countries, so that when they arrive here we already know that all the necessary work has been done.
We are working with the companies because it is not us who send them away but the recruitment companies that we provide with the list of candidates, the information on their educational credentials and the documents. Then we do checking of our own so that a person can be authorised to come to South Africa. If, for example, a person fails a security clearance check, we do not allow that person entry. As I have said earlier, not many people who come here through this programme have been found to have problems of that nature.]
Details regarding government's position on North Korea's refusal to co- operate with United Nations and international community with regard to discontinuation of North Korea's nuclear arms programme
19. Mr R A Lees (DA) asked the Minister of International Relations and Co- operation:
(1) What is the government's position on North Korea's refusal to co- operate with the United Nations and the international community with regard to the discontinuation of its nuclear arms programme; (2) whether South Africa has (a) taken any diplomatic steps and/or (b) held any discussions with North Korea to discontinue its nuclear arms programme; if not, why not; if so, (i) what steps and (ii) what are the further relevant details?