Newsflash 779 of 20 January 2010

Newsflash 779 o= f 20 January 2010

Lebombo<= /b> & Ressano Garcia Border Posts End Of Peak Period Oper= ation Statement

Dear MCLI Readers

Herewith a statement issued by the Border Control Operations Coordinating Committe= e at the end of the peak period operation at the Mpumalanga Border posts which includes the Lebomb= o/Ressano Garcia border post.

MCLI would like to thank all the parties on both sides of the border for their efforts and for the good work done.

January 20= 10

Joint Media Statement: End of the Festi= ve Joint Operations – Mp= umalanga Border Posts.

General

The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee (BCOCC) within the South African Government, Mpumalanga Provin= ce, releases today the outcomes of the recent festive operations. The operations were taking place= at the borders in the province with key focus on the Province’s busiest ports of entry over December 2009 / January 2010. These operational measures emplo= yed were coordinated via the National Border Management Coordination Centre (NBMCC). Crime prevention measures were intensified in a coordinated manner at all the key ports of entry. The following Government Institutions are involved in the Border Control and Security Framework and were actively participating in the operation: the Departments of Home Affairs (DHA), National Intelligence A= gency (NIA), Provincial & National Department of Transport (DOT), Cross Bor= der Road Transport Agency (CBRTA), Department of Public Works (DPW), Departme= nt of Agriculture (DOA), Port Health (DOH), South African National Defense Force, South African Police Service (SAPS),Nkomazi Municipality and the S= outh African Revenue Service (SARS).

1.= Operational Hours

Almost all the ports of entry in the province have returned their normal operating hours as follows:

Ports of Entry- Normal Hours

Ports of Entry=

Festive Operational Hours=

Normal Operating Hours

START

END=

Start of

Normal Hours

*Lebombo (RSA/Mozambique)

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24Hours=

06H00

00H00

From 19 January 2010=

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Cargo <= /b>

06H00

22H00

Already normal hours

*Oshoek (RSA/ Swaziland)

24Hours=

07H00

22H00

Already normal hours=

Mananga (RSA/ Swaziland)

Close 20H00

07H00

18H00

Already normal hours=

Jeppes Reef (RSA/ Swaziland)

Not change

07H00

20H00

Already normal hours=

Mahamba (RSA/ Swaziland)

Close 00H00

07H00

22H00

Already normal hours=

2.= Clearance of Travellers

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All the special operating centres have closed and travellers are now being cleared within the ports of entry.

3.= Average Festive Statistics :December to 11 January 20= 10:

Port of Entry

2008

December

2009

December

Percentage

Increase/Decrease

Lebo= mbo

579759<= /p>

367200<= /p>

-59%

Osho= ek

165708<= /p>

170345<= /p>

2.7%

Other Ports

181821<= /p>

184586<= /p>

1.5%

Port of Entry

2009

January

2010

January

Percentage

Increase/Decrease

Lebo= mbo

154738<= /p>

173011<= /p>

11%

Osho= ek

53307

58781

9.3%

Other Ports

72177

82260

12%

Grand total

1207510

1036183

-17%

The Province has seen a dec= rease of 17% of travellers compared to the same per= iod last year. There has been a= sharp increase of trade goods exported and imported to the country compare to t= he same period last year. One of the key reasons that fuelled the decline in the number of travellers during the festive seaso= n was the closure of few mines in RSA; which meant that people left earlier to their country of origin. Secondly, recession is pertinent and also affected the traffic volumes.

EPARTMENT

AVERAGE -SUCCESS

SARS - CUSTOMS

Cigarettes seizures:=

Values – R 38 1186.00

Alcohol Seizures:

Values – R8375.00

2^nd Hand Cloth= ing Seizures:

Values – R250.00

Facial Creams Seizures:

Values – R13 720.00

Counterfeit Goods:

Values – R4000.00

Un-Worked Precious Metal:=

Values – R2 000 000.00

Revenue Collection from Enforcement:

R31 000.00

Total Protection values of seized good:

R 41 3531.00

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERV= ICE (SAPS)-(Border Posts).

95 Vehicles Seizures :

Values – R13 523 631.00

35.95 Drugs/Narcotics

Values –: R48 511.00

Illegal Goods:=

Values –R1 218 195.00

376 Other Crimes:

Values –R531 810.00

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DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS (DHA)-Immigration

Admin Fines:

1546

Refusals:

132

8582 Deportations & Undocumented people:

PORT HEALTH (DOH)

Communicable Diseases:

73 yellow certificates received

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & FISHERIES (DAFF)

Commodities Confiscated:<= o:p>

95535,69kg

Commodities Released:

6, 350 927.14kg

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Once again the enforcement agencies have done extremely well in ensuring that crime, smuggling and lawlessness is reduced in our ports of entries. Their effort has renewed = our trust and confident in all of our government departments.

Our Joint planning; Joint Implementation and Joint Monitoring is growing by each operation and alre= ady yielding results. This is t= hrough the co-operate government (all state agents); SADC regional integration (= Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa) and involvement of private sector/none governmental agencies. =

The Provincial BCOCC would = like to convey its humble thanks to the families and officials who have been working through this festive season; they have given so much of their time and energy to the execution of the plan.= They did this way beyond their line function, responsibilities of = the operation whom they deserve our collective appreciation.

We are also encouraged by t= he cooperation that the travellers display during these operations and we are looking forward for their partnership going forward.

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W= ith Kind Regards

Henson Msongweni

Provincial Chairperson

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083 555 3357

Best Regards

= = Brenda Horne-Ferreira

CEO

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