OVER the past years, the Beitbridge Border Post has been a nightmare for motorists and officials during the festive season.
However, it seems this year things will be different.
Limpopo Transport MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya and provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe along with the security cluster and border management teams addressed port challenges in a meeting on Friday, 26 November.
The MEC said agencies such as the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency and South African National Roads Agency would be at the borders to help reduce long queues and trucks will get special attention.
“The plans we have put on the table should help at both the Groblersbrug and Beitbridge border posts,” she said.
“I also plead with our communities to stop spreading fake news as it poses a threat to people at home and makes them panic.”
Crime is also a serious challenge for drivers, especially along the N1. Police will be monitoring the road.
Hadebe said: “We are ready to fight crime. The borders contributes to more illegal immigrants, illegal explosives and high calibre illegal firearms coming into the country.”
The Beitbridge Border Post is the second largest port of entry after OR Tambo International Airport.
Migrant workers from Zimbabwe and other countries are expected to use the port to go home for Christmas.
It also processes large volumes of cargo heading to neighbouring countries.
