Travelers left stranded at Beit Bridge Border Post as ED maintains border closures
Travelers who assumed that the Zimbabwe government opened borders like South Africa were left stranded yesterday.
Scores of travelers who wished to cross into South Africa were turned away as ED’s government maintained a ban to human traffic.
South Africa yesterday opened its land borders to all Africans and some people assumed Zimbabwe had done the same which caused the confusion.
Some people who slept at Beit Bridge Border Post on Wednesday night with the intention of crossing into South Africa on Thursday morning were sent back home by Immigration officials.
One traveler who requested anonymity said she intended to visit the Western Cape but was turned away by immigration officials:
I was not aware that the border is still closed to ordinary travellers. I intended to travel to Western Cape to visit my daughter who is not well when I was informed of the current position. So, I am going back to Mberengwa until things return to normal at the border.
The trend of people turning up at the border continued till around 9 AM till word got out that the border was still closed to ordinary travelers.
–Chronicle
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