Public Works Minister Sihle Zikalala says the controversial Beitbridge border fence which was erected under his predecessor – the now Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille – was a total disaster. 🧑🏭
Dalton also showed Zikalala how cars, cigarettes, illegal bombs, illegal immigrants and other illegal items cross the fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe.Zikalala said his department will take steps to fix the problems around the border fence. He also wants action taken against those responsible for the failures.
“It is one of those projects that have not gone well for the government. We have said we are not going to accept any wrongdoing but we are going to attend to failures and ensure that where they are we improve,” he said. “We want to see what steps can be taken going forward either to replace or rebuild where necessary and to ensure that we follow and execute consequence management on those who did not do right.”
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