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CIVIL rights organisation AfriForum said it had written to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi demanding clarity about the process followed in deploying border guards under the management of the Border Management Authority (BMA).

According to AfriForum’s spokesperson on community safety, Jacques Broodryk, the legislation pertaining to the Border Management Act had not yet been gazetted. Despite the fact that this legislation was not yet in place, the BMA guards had been deployed to various border areas, he said. | IOL

SOUTH African banks are extremely selective as to how they treat clients they deem a risk to their reputations and quite often there is no reason for their decision to close clients’ accounts. So said independent banks analyst Corrie Kruger.

Speaking about how banks cited media reports and referred to the Mpati Commission to justify their discriminatory actions against Sekunjalo-related companies, including Independent Media, Kruger said the banks continued to view the PIC Commission Report as a sword hanging over the company’s head. | IOL