It’s all systems go for Monday’s official opening of the revamped facilities by Zimborders at Beitbridge, a move that will hopefully herald a new era for the notoriously troubled crossing. There has, however, been huge pushback from transporters in terms of costs –...
Ongoing truck traffic build-up on South Africa’s side of the Lebombo-Ressano Garcia border crossing on the Maputo Corridor led to an emergency meeting with the Ministry of Transport and Communication on Monday, Freight News has reliably learned. One of the...
The Government has started implementing a dry run at the new commercial freight terminal at the Beitbridge Border Post, which is being modernised at a cost of US$300 million. So far, the Zimborders Consortium that is implementing the project, has spent US$65 million...
Customs officers of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) seized 67 pieces of calcium hydroxide, which is used to produce crystal methamphetamine – commonly referred to as “ice” or “tik”. The “party drug”, weighing 132.41kg and valued at R40 million, was...
More than a week since cargo processing issues at the Beitbridge Border Post resulted in truck queues stretching south for kilometres, the situation seems nowhere near being resolved. Yesterday a social media truckers’ site advised drivers to stock up on basic...
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