Security to be beefed up at O.R Tambo - Mbalula
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says government will be beefing up the security and law enforcement at OR Tambo International Airport.
The move comes after eight illegal foreigners were arrested at the airport in Johannesburg for attempting to enter South Africa through a fire hydrant.
Four Bangladeshi and four Pakistani nationals arrived on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha on Wednesday.
Mbalula believes the new measures will greatly reduce the number of illegal immigrants.
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"Airlines flying into South Africa equally has to develop aircraft operators' security programmes as per prescribed regulations which dictate how passengers will be processed.
"These programmes are evaluated and approved. All airlines flying into South Africa are required to check passenger documentation before departure and forward passenger information to our immigration official before the aircraft arrives in South Africa."
