Delays at Beitbridge result in 15 dead and many stranded
Delays have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with many people failing to get the required testing to cross
24 December 2020 - 17:27
Traffic over Beitbridge between SA and Zimbabwe, Africa’s busiest border crossing, has ground to a near standstill over the past five days, with authorities battling to process hundreds of thousands of people making their way home for the holiday season.
Delays at the border have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, with many people failing to get the required testing to cross, and curfew restrictions resulting in early close of the posts, eNCA reported...
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