The Department of Home Affairs says it costs over R60 million each year to deport foreign nationals by road through neighboring countries.
Chief Financial Officer of Home Affairs, Gordon Hollamby, says most deportations happen via the Beitbridge Border Post, which is the busiest port of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Briefing the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Hollamby says the department has bought its own vehicles to transport deported foreign nationals to their countries .
