For some, particularly government enforcement agencies and the motor industry will laud such a headline. Read the full article on FTWOnline .

The real question is why South Africa allows the importation and storage of these vehicles for subsequent re-exportation? This also implies the continued operation of licensed warehousing facilities for a commodity which seemingly is impossible to monitor and control. If the illegal importation of second-hand motor vehicles was outlawed we wouldn’t have to print such a headline, nor would enforcement agencies have to waste scarce resources and taxpayers money in counteracting such a threat. There is an argument that political and social conditions in our neighbouring BLNS states necessitate the ‘exportation’ of cheap vehicles to the people in these countries. Yet, this implies full customs controls at the internal land border posts between South Africa and the SACU states. Unfortunately, SARS provides little more than domestic VAT control at these borders which beckons the question why this practice is allowed.