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A sign at the Beitbridge.
The Beitbridge Border Post in Musina is expecting traffic congestion from Sunday night as holidaymakers return to the country after the Easter weekend. The port of entry has been seeing a balanced flow of traffic , with a minimum number of buses and trucks passing by.
Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato is expected to conduct a walkabout from Monday to Wednesday.
Border authorities say the measures include the deployment of drones to monitor hard to reach areas, as well as the use of body cameras by border guards to enhance surveillance and accountability.
[LISTEN] Border Management Authority spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi says Easter port traffic is expected to surge, with drones and body-worn cameras deployed to monitor vulnerable areas for any illegal activities.
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The BMA Assistant Commissioner, Azwi Managa, has highlighted that their verification processes have been strengthened to detect and intercept undocumented migrants attempting to cross the border illegally.
“We have got stringent, very stringent access control. If you would have observed at the north gate where the bus arrives, we have both the police and the BMA located there. What happens is that when the bus gets to the gate, our BMA border guards will check the passports, the police will search the bus, and then our port health specialists will scan the people to see if they have got high temperature and so on. Once that is done, the bus will proceed to come to the area where the bus normally then provide the manifest, where the bus driver will give our border guard the manifest. The border guard will check the numbers in the manifest and the names of the people in the manifest. Once they do that, the people will then be escorted out of the bus. They go to our immigration specialist where they are processed in terms of our immigration laws to check if they are compliant.”
In an effort to secure the border, the BMA has introduced armored vehicles stationed at the Beitbridge Border Post. The vehicles assist the guards in accessing hard-to-reach areas along the borderline. Ruben Coetzee, from DCD Protected Mobility, says the vehicles play a significant role in strengthening border security and improving rapid response.
“We’ve been taking these vehicles up and down the borderline, we have been here day-to-day operating. We see a lot of people crossing illegally, so illegal cigarettes and other substances cross the border.”
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