Home Affairs boosts border force with 301 new immigration officers

Polity Audio Articles · Jul 6, 2026 · 2m

Home Affairs boosts border force with 301 new immigration officers The South African Department of Home Affairs has initiated a major recruitment drive to hire 301 additional immigration officers, aiming to drastically bolster the country's border security and law enforcement capabilities. This deployment addresses a long-standing personnel deficit that has strained the department's capacity to police national immigration laws effectively. Currently, the department operates with a skeleton force of just 868 frontline immigration officers tasked with managing compliance across the entire…