Presidency blocks SA media from asking Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa tough questions
President Cyril Ramaphosa with his Zimbabwe counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa and home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi at the launch of the Border Management Authority.In an act resembling blatant censorship, the Presidency prevented South African reporters from asking Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa tough questions during the Border Management Authority launch in Limpopo.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed his Zimbabwean counterpart at the Beitbridge border post in Musina – the shared South Africa and Zimbabwe border – for the BMA launch. This entity, located in the home affairs department, will regulate all entry points into South Africa. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the BMA would be the country's third national armed enforcement unit after the army and the police, and its officers, the minister asserted, had undergone"a rigorous selection process that included interviews [and] physical assessments". Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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