South Africa: Border? What Border? This Is What South Africa's Frontier With Zimbabwe Looks Like

Author: Nathan Geffen, Ihsaan Haffejee and Maanda BelePublished on: October 29, 2026Country: South Africa
World / InternationalCrime & Law
South Africa: Border? What Border? This Is What South Africa's Frontier With Zimbabwe Looks Like

In Musina, Limpopo, traders and travellers buy goods bound for Zimbabwe, often loaded onto crowded pickup trucks. Near the Beitbridge crossing, some vehicles take dirt roads to avoid the checkpoint, while goods are carried across the Limpopo River by raft, boat, people or donkeys. The reporters found a gap in the border fence and spoke with two soldiers who said they turn back migrants they intercept, as well as a game-farm worker who allows people to pass as long as they do not poach.

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