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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>End-of-year interview with leader Herman Mashaba ahead of the general elections next year in SA<\/p>\n ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says if his party is voted into power in the 2024 general elections it will close SA\u2019s borders to solve the problem of mass immigration.<\/p>\n The country\u2019s porous borders have been plagued by years of poor management, and have been blamed for an increase in criminality and for contributing to chronic unemployment.<\/p>\n However, Mashaba said, those who bring valuable skills and investment with them would not be barred from entering SA.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would encourage people who want to come to SA to invest, bring essential skills or just come on holiday, but no-one else. We should close our borders,\u201d Mashaba said in an interview with Business Day.<\/p>\n Mashaba said the unemployment crisis in SA has led to record-high levels of crime, and dealing with it is a priority for ActionSA.<\/p>\n \u201cYou are safer in Mexico than in SA, and there are no consequences for criminals,\u201d said Mashaba, adding that those leading law enforcement have been compromised by pervasive corruption.<\/p>\n Mashaba rejected the notion that ActionSA may consider a coalition with the ANC after the elections should the governing party fail to win an electoral majority again.<\/p>\n \u201cOur first order of business is the removal of the ANC. You cannot build [an] economy in an environment of chaos. After that we need to remove draconian labour laws, we need to take power away from the unions too,\u201d Mashaba said.<\/p>\n ActionSA won significant support in Gauteng metros during the 2021 municipal election and is tipped to get up to 4% of the national vote in the latest Ipsos poll. It is also part of the coalition pact with other opposition parties working to unseat the ANC.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAJRA OMARJEE Africa-Press – South-Africa. End-of-year interview with leader Herman Mashaba ahead of the general elections next year in SA ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says if his party is voted into power in the 2024 general elections it will close SA\u2019s borders to solve the problem of mass immigration. The country\u2019s porous borders have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-58430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\n