‘Zim/SA should re-introduce day passes’

BEITBRIDGE East legislator Albert Nguluvhe has appealed to the Zimbabwean and South African governments to re-introduce passes for villagers to visit relatives across either sides of the border.

Speaking to journalists during a tour of the Beitbridge Border Post by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services, Nguluvhe said the two governments could also consider establishment of informal crossing-points so that hustles with long-distance travellers at official crossing points are avoided.

“People of Beitbridge have relatives just across the river, but it’s painful that they have to come to the border post to cross and visit relatives just across,” he said.

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