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The Herald
Thupeyo muleya
Beitbridge Bureau
Congestion of vehicles and travelers visiting South Africa and Zimbabwe is mounting at the Beitbridge border post, with curfews on both sides adding to the normal seasonal pressure at the end of the year.
Although travelers are being cleared under safe and strict Covid-19 management protocols, the full implementation of the 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew has caused traffic to pile up on both sides of the border, and South Africans on Friday They added more pressure when they stopped clearing light vehicles, pedestrians and buses after 10 p.m. They are only clearing commercial cargo at night.
A border official said: “Zimbabwe and South Africa need to seriously consider the issue of land border curfews. As it stands, South Africans are not clearing any traffic other than commercial cargo after 10pm.
“This has created problems for border officials, as the border is often hectic during peak periods, even when operating 24 hours a day.”
The source said that between 4 a.m. M. And 10 p.m. M. That they will clear all types of traffic, both south and north, albeit in batches.
It is understood that after 8pm, South Africans are closing their border to private vehicles, pedestrians and buses.
