South Africa

Well I see our nations finest are hard at work again. Fresh from being taken hostage by an irate citizen, the geniuses at Home Affairs have managed to "lose" about 200 people who had just flown into the country onboard an SAA flight from Nigeria. Of course this kind of disaster, the compromising of our national security will be harshly punished right? Right? 

 

Department of Home Affairs spokesperson Nkosana Sibuyi told the Mail & Guardian Online on Thursday afternoon that the managers responsible, including the head of immigration at the airport, have reported to him about the situation.

 

That's it? End of story? No disciplinary hearings etc. Of course not, this is Home Affairs where inefficiency and base stupidity go hand in hand. I am really sick of reading stories about the disaster that is Home Affairs, who along with the Department of Health must be the most useless governmental Departments in our current administration. Anyway back to our story, how will Home Affairs track down the passengers of that flight :

 

"We now work very closely with the airlines, because these people are here illegally. It is easy for us to trace them; SAA has a list of the passengers' names."

 

What the hell are you going to with a bunch of names, stop people in the street and ask "Excuse me are you Mr X, who just flew in from Nigeria?" The level of logic or the lack thereof is epic in its proportions.

 

A. National. Disgrace.