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Minister Aaron Motsoaledi hits back at border posts closure critics 13 January 2021 8:36 AM Share This: The Home Affairs minister says only 27% of the people who congregated at Beitbridge Border post were returning for work. Lack of planning and foresight has been blamed for the chaos at the Beitbridge border post. The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs visited the border post and blamed the Department of Home Affairs for not planning for the busy period. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the closure of 20 land borders in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Bongani Bingwa talks...

Beitbridge (file image) NATIONAL NEWS - Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs says the implementation of a One-Stop Border Post with neighbouring countries and the establishment of the Border Management Authority (BMA) offers a solution to the challenges at the Beitbridge Border Post. The committee on Tuesday visited Beitbridge in response to the challenges faced at this port of entry from the beginning of the festive season. On 18 May 2020, when the committee received a briefing from the department, it identified the One-Stop Border Post and BMA as measur...

Border situation is bad! Comments Disturbing scenes from the Lebombo Border between Mozambique and SA, and from the Beitbridge Border Post between Mzansi and Zimbabwe. Photos from Facebook. I’m distressed by the immigration situation at Beitbridge Border post in the Limpopo River in Limpopo Province. Foreigners continue to cross the full and treacherous crocodile-infested Limpopo River along the borderline between Zimbabwe and South Africa. This is despite an incident in which three people are said to have drowned recently. Now that the river is full, some foreigners have...

How COVID-19 Testing Has Caused a 'Humanitarian Crisis' at Africa's Busiest Border Fifteen people died over the Christmas period while waiting to enter Zimbabwe. Why Global Citizens Should Care As citizens travel between South Africa and Zimbabwe, crossing the border has been met with delays caused by COVID-19 testing procedures. This has seen thousands of citizens wait for an average of four days to access both countries. A lack of water and sanitation facilities, along with little space to adhere to social distancing, have also made the border vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. The Unite...

Limpopo Health MEC, Dr Phophi Ramathuba at an earlier visit at the Beitbridge Border Post, to monitor Covid-19 compliance. Photo: Limpopo Health Department The Limpopo Health MEC, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, confirmed today that 104 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past four days at the Beitbridge Border Post. The border post experienced huge volumes of people trying to enter South Africa since December 2020. The Department of Home Affairs at the time announced that 160 officials will be deployed at the border post, to process returning travellers until 14 January. Issues hit the post par...