Illegal immigrants being arrested at Beitbridge border. As illegal immigration escalates without sufficient checks and balances, the nation risks losing its identity and safety, says the writer.
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The reign of evil crimes alien to society has reached a crisis level. This is because illegality has been allowed to thrive by the political leadership in the same way the judiciary and civil society organisations are complicit in the perverseness of it.
Complacency has equally enabled a persistent influx of illegal immigrants, who easily acquire cellphones from the network operators without any proof of identity.
Some invaded abandoned sites to connect water and electricity illegally. Others settled undeservedly in our communities to harbour their brethren who exploit free access to public healthcare.
No wonder they deem themselves entitled to claim from the Road Accident Fund. Yet they have no right to be on our roads by virtue of being illegal in the republic. Our beloved country has become a shadow of its former self due to an egregious lapse of the rule of law.
Morgan Phaahla, Ekurhuleni, Vosloorus