By Akani Nkuna
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says South Africa continues to grapple with illegal immigration but rejected claims that the ANC-led government has failed to act, saying border security interventions have been implemented over the past two decades.
Speaking at a media briefing at Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Thursday, Mbalula said accusations that the ANC-led government had ignored the issue were not true.
He was giving the ANC’s assessment of recent domestic and international developments, including Tuesday’s anti-illegal immigration protests held across the country.
“We must address the truth and the facts, that illegal immigration has become a burden for South Africa. A lie is circulating in our politics that the ANC government has done nothing about undocumented immigrants,” said Mbalula.
“Our continent carries the largest stock of intra-African migration in the world relative to its population, approximately 40.5 million African migrants, some 21 million of
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