The Beitbridge border has become the 📈economic hub of both South African citizens and legal and illegal Zimbabwean immigrants living near the dusty 🛃border town of Musina. Full story➡️
Minister of Public Works and Infrastracture Sihle Zikalala inspects border fence along Limpompo River were Zimbabweans illegally enter South Africa at Beitbridge in Limpompo, 4 April 2023, which vehicles use to cross illegally to the neighbouring country. The 40 metre long three fences including the new 37m along the border to keep Zimbabweans from illegally entering South Africa.
It’s also become the focus of the new Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala, who yesterday said the controversial border fence, built under his predecessor and now Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille, was a total disaster. Zikalala was speaking to The Citizen during an inspection visit to Beitbridge.Local residents claimed it was being stolen by illegal immigrants to surround their kraals in Zimbabwe.
A Zimbabwean packer in a border shop, Sheu Dube, said with ZEP permits expiring and now another proposal of a new fence, his livelihood would be affected. “Jumping the border daily, avoiding arrests, running from soldiers, jumping a river is not how I wanted to live, but the situation at home has made me immune to pain and suffering, or fearing death.”The reselling of cellphone SIM cards seems to be one of the booming businesses among those who operate at the border.“I am a Rica agent, I get the SIM, Rica it and then resell it for R30 with R30 airtime. A Zimbabwean SIM card does not work this side of the border,” Karongwe said.
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