Covid-19-closed border posts creates chaos in SA
Beitbridge, the only legal road crossing between Zimbabwe and SA, was the worst affected
14 January 2021 - 12:15
SA’s decision to shut its land borders was preceded by a week of pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of foreigners tried to return to work after the December holidays.
Beitbridge, the only legal road crossing between Zimbabwe and SA — and Southern Africa’s busiest inland border post — was the worst affected. People waited, not always patiently, for as long as four days in lines of traffic that stretched miles from the border gate with delays caused by the need to produce a certificate showing a negative test for Covid-19...
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