Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is visiting the Lebombo Border Post as the country reopened 20 land borders on Monday.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota and party colleague Farouk Cassim briefed Parliament’s home affairs committee on the bill on Tuesday.
The Constitutional Court ruled in June last year that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional in so far as it only allowed for the election of members of Parliament and provincial legislatures through political parties.
This formed part of the remedial action set down in a report, which made adverse findings against former minister Malusi Gigaba regarding the naturalisation of the Guptas, albeit that it cleared him of abusing his power.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on 12 January 2021 during a media briefing that some services by the Department of Home Affairs would be suspended during the adjusted level 3 lockdown.
But while the border between Mozambique and South Africa may be closed migrants are still making their way into the country illegally.
Travellers from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe are tested on arrival if they don’t have valid COVID-19 certificates – and those with fraudulent certificates are also turned away.
Many hospitals are battling to cope under the strain of the second surge in coronavirus infections, which is largely driven by a second variant.
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has visited the border post where nationals from Zimbabwe and other countries north of the Limpopo are seeking to enter.
Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, the minister said his department would deploy an additional 160 officials to six of the country’s busiest ports of entry to manage a high influx of people moving in and out of the country.
According to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, the department was only aware of one truck driver who died amid the Beitbridge congestion that lasted for almost three days.
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesday briefed the media and rubbished reports that four drivers had died while they waited in the queue to cross.
Travellers seeking entry into Zimbabwe spent most of last week at the port of entry in queues stretching several kilometres.
Concerns have been raised over long queues at the Beitbridge Border, which has been exacerbated by truck drivers that have abandoned their holding areas.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi visited the Pretoria office on Monday morning following a system glitch that left many stranded.
The bill could see even more politicians serving in municipal councils and provincial legislatures.
“Those are the officials to be held responsible and if they don’t want to give us the names of those officials, the buck stops with the minister. The minister must take the fall, he must resign.”
The minister on Tuesday appeared before parliament’s home affairs committee to explain the debacle.
