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Police Minister, Bheki Cele led a high-level police delegation to Meseru in Lesotho this week for bilateral security discussions.
The two-day meeting followed an initial meeting in Pretoria on 2 February where Cele held discussions with Lesotho's Minister of Local Government and Police, Lebona Lephema on matters related to cross-border crimes.
Lephema commended South Africa’s willingness to enhance working relations between the two countries.
He says in order to prevent cross-border crimes, both countries have agreed to intensify information sharing and coordination between law enforcement agencies, in order to identify shared threats.
“The cornerstone of our deliberations is to use what we have achieved in the past and work on what must be fine-tuned to better combat crime in our countries’ borders and within. It is clear that an effective emigration system is key in the fight against cross-border crimes. Our deliberations have concluded to put in place a permit regime to close any loopholes that exist in the buying and selling of stock to limit stock theft.” added Minister Lephema.
The safe, orderly, and humane movement of persons between Lesotho and South Africa, remained high on the agenda.
