While the tourism sector has broadly welcomed the Department of Home Affairs DHA assertion that South Africas ETA platform has approved over 10 000 applications in just over a month, some questions have been raised about the functionality and security processes of the new system.
Speaking at the Europe House Ambrosetti TEHA CEO Dialogue on Southern Africa on November 21, Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber said, since the first phase launch in mid-October purportedly targeted only at G20 delegates from China, India, Indonesia and Mexico, more than 10 000 applications have been approved.
Immigration expert Candice Magen , CEO of Visas Abroad, questioned the source of these figures.