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Pair nabbed with drugs, cigarettes worth over R2m in Limpopo
Officers at the Beitbridge border post found 15 sachets of crystal meth worth an estimated street value of R2 million while searching a woman's luggage.
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Home Affairs Dept gearing up for traffic at Beitbridge border
The department says traffic volumes are expected to increase again at border posts from Sunday.
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Home Affairs Dept monitoring Beitbridge traffic congestion
The department says the backlog is due to the processing of documents for vehicles and people coming from Zimbabwe.
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Home Affairs Minister Cwele to conduct spot checks at Beit Bridge
Home Affairs has recorded almost 200,000 people travelling in and out of the country over the past three weeks.
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Home Affairs to deploy more staff at Beitbridge ahead of Zim elections
Zimbabweans head to the polls on Monday for the first general election since the removal of former President Robert Mugabe.
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Sars seizes explosives, illegal cigarettes at Beitbridge border
It’s understood a foreign-registered van travelling from Zimbabwe was intercepted for a random search last week, where officers found explosives and cables valued at R75,000.
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16 extra officials deployed to Beitbridge border post
Home Affairs spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete says the department has deployed 16 additional officials to help with volumes at the start of the long weekend.
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Zimbabwe approves $239m upgrade for Beitbridge border post
It’s not clear if this is in direct response to competition that may be presented by the Kazungula Border post between Botswana and Zambia.
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Zim police arrest over 4,500 illegal migrants at Beitbridge
The arrests took place before and during the Christmas holidays, when there was massive congestion at the border post.
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Beitbridge borders delays due to festive season traffic - Dept
The port of entry between Zimbabwe and South Africa has been jam-packed with traffic over the past few days leading to Christmas.
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Home Affairs ‘not to blame’ for delays at Beitbridge border post
The Home Affairs Department has moved to distance itself from the slow-moving traffic volume at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Beitbridge border heavily backed up
The Limpopo Roads Department says the port between Zimbabwe and South Africa is at its busiest at this time of year but says officials remain vigilant.
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Long queues starting to form at border posts
The festive season is always chaotic at Beitbridge, but now an online system for clearing commercial cargo has broken down.
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Zim army to be sent to Beitbridge border ahead of festive congestion
Beitbridge is notorious for its long queues and chaotic scenes, especially around Christmas.
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Zuma calls for one stop Beitbridge border post
President Jacob Zuma says the process needs to start soon given the volume of people and goods through the border.
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Home Affairs upgrades facilities at Beitbridge border post
Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize says they will deal with overcrowding, corruption and dysfunctional scanning systems.
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SA police 'on top' of cross-border car smuggling
Officers have confirmed that there’s a new trend where criminals are using donkeys to move stolen cars across the Limpopo River.
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Poacher charged with murder for killing ranger - reports
The poacher, named as 41-year-old Bino Ndou, was caughtas he had returned to check his snares on Nottingham Estate.
