Madonsela on immigration: Neither open borders nor closed hearts
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 20 July 2026 · 7m
Speaker 1: Everything you need to start your day. We all have a voice. Use yours call Speaker 1: to one double four six, five, six seven. Join the conversation. Speaker 2: Talk. Speaker 1: South Africa's immigration DEPEG has become increasingly polarized with the rising public frustration over undocumented Speaker 1: migration. There are calls for tough enforcement and of course the incidents of vigilanteism. But Speaker 1: here is a practical middle ground that protects not only the rule of law, but Speaker 1: also recognizes the realities of people who maybe have lived in this country for years. Speaker 1: They've contributed to societies, their children have for all intents and purposes, growing up in Speaker 1: a South African society. Professor tulimadon sela former public protector now the director for the Speaker 1: Center for Social Justice and Law at the Salabosh University, who argues that the answers Speaker 1: neither open borders, your open hearts, what about a humane, orderly system that's both on Speaker 1: accountability and the effect of management of migration. Professor, really appreciate your time, you say, Speaker 1: and you argue, along with others, that the real problem isn't necessary or simply migration, Speaker 1: but it's a migration system that isn't functioning, that isn't working what would fixing that Speaker 1: system actually look like in practice? Speaker 2: My money, lester, Thank you for the privileged money too, Lesters. I think the elements Speaker 2: of the system that need to start working with the starting point is incurring everything Speaker 2: in the constitution, and one of the systems that un up in the Constitution is Speaker 2: open to So I'm to you have to implement your law, family, but you must Speaker 2: do so…
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