Truck drivers at the Beitbridge Border Post in Musina, Limpopo, say they expect President Cyril Ramaphosa to come up with measures in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to resolve the truck traffic congestion at the border.
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Shelters for displaced foreign nationals in and around Musina, Limpopo, say they are overwhelmed with requests to take in stranded Zimbabweans.
The Beitbridge Border Post has experienced heavy congestion as thousands of travellers return to South Africa after the festive season, with COVID-19 regulations causing further delays.
Many crossing illegally and can’t return to Zimbabwe in the wake of the country’s hard lockdown, are in need of shelter.
Twenty girls, who are residents of the MG Matsaung Centre located at the Uniting Reformed Church in Nancefield township in Musina, play in the churchyard. There is a similar boys-only centre several kilometres away. Most of the girls have been living at the centre since they were infants. Among them is a 16-year-old who has been a resident here for 6 years. The grade 8 learner walked into South Africa at the age of 10 from Zimbabwe with a group of other minors in search for greener pastures.