Script oral anglais sur les frontière sud-africaines

Let’s begin the news in English, today there are these border conflicts between South Africa and its neighboring countries including Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, and finally Zimbabwe, which intertwine crimes, disagreement and fear of the population, Linda Favor presents with us, will explain all these differences between African countries

* Hello Linda, thank you for being here

* Hello Emilie

* We have seen some crime at the border gates of South Africa, how can this be explained?

* So yes, whether it’s in Mozambique or Botswana, there are a lot of illegal acts, theft, burglary, assault or rape.And all of these criminality exist in all countries bordering the South Africa. But what remains the most surprising is this business of smugglers that was created as a result of a difficulty in obtaining the necessary documents to legally cross the border from Botswana to South Africa. Entire families hide in the shrubs and wait for smugglers to help them move across the border. They are asking for R2000, which is about $108 per person.

* Of course this is a surprising business, but is the government handling the situation ?

* This totally illegal lucrative business is according to the ministry under control, according to him the government will win this war thanks to the memorandum of cooperation between the neighboring countries of South Africa, they must establish common programs and processes to align their systems, share equipment capacity and personnel in the fight against human trafficking and human smuggling.

* Ok but Tell us about the president of South Africa, what does he think?

* The President of South Africa is reluctant to build walls that separate countries from his own, it would be against the values of his country, for him the strong and warm historical relations with Mozambique for example are important, the South African government plans to do more to improve the security of their country because the inhabitants are sometimes afraid to go out because of the criminal acts happening there, on 17 March 2017, he said in a meeting, “We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. and that defines who we are. We are South Africans and we do not subscribe to the building of walls” and he added, “and besides, we don't have money”.

* This is paradoxical because during the lockdown of COVID-19, the Public Works Department has started erecting the 40 kilometers fence between S-A and Zimbabwe.

* Yes I agree, but it was because the fence was destroyed over the years, a result of criminal activities, you know everything is connected, the workers on this repair hope for a necessary security that will help the inhabitants live without the fear of going out.

* Of course and to finish this report, what can you say about the relations between S-A and Namibia ?

* South Africa, as you know, conquered what is now Namibia when it belonged to Germany during the First World War. She occupied it until its independence in 1990. During the period before independence, Namibia was often administered as a fifth province in South Africa, as can be seen in the economic and military fields under the apartheid regime. In 1994, apartheid

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