Beitbridge border mess cleared!
Comments The queues of vehicles waiting to cross the Beitbridge border post stretched for as far as 20km.
THE congestion that brought the Beitbridge Border post to a standstill has apparently being cleared after days of chaos, according to the Department of Home Affairs.
Several people, including four truck drivers, reportedly died after being stuck at the border for days.
The queues of vehicles travelling to Zimbabwe from South Africa for the December holidays stretched for as far as 20km.
Some desperate people who tried to cross the border through the river allegedly drowned or were mauled by crocodiles.
South Africa-Migration-Border December 25, 2020 to 00:38 397 APA-Musina (South Africa) South African immigration authorities remain clueless on how to stop a rising death toll at the Beitbridge entry point which has reached 15 dead on the country’s northern border with Zimbabwe, a freight official has confirmed.
The latest to die on Thursday were four truck drivers who were waiting to make the Limpopo River crossing at Beitbridge - South Africa’s busiest land entry point, Road Freight Association chief executive Gavin Kelly said, without giving the cause of death for the drivers.
The border traffic at Beitbridge has been at a standstill for over five days, stretching to as far down as Musina town, 14 km away from the crossing point.
Motsoaledi urges truck drivers at Beitbridge to respect SA s COVID-19 rules Travellers have been camping at the border into Zimbabwe for days, with queues of vehicles stretching for kilometres. The traffic jam has been exacerbated by truck drivers who have abandoned their holding areas and have parked on the roads. FILE: Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: GCIS.
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JOHANNESBURG - Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has appealed to frustrated truck drivers at the Beitbridge border to respect South Africa’s COVID-19 regulations.
Travellers have been camping at the border into Zimbabwe for days, with queues of vehicles stretching for kilometres.
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The circumstances surrounding their deaths are still unclear but there are growing concerns around what some say is an unfolding humanitarian crisis at the border to Zimbabwe.