Cross-Border Runners Brave Borders With Bribery in Zimbabwe
INTERNATIONAL – Farai Mapondera sits at a Shell filling station about 500 yards from the Beitbridge border post that separates South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It’s 3 p.m. and 40 degrees (104 Fahrenheit) so he’s slouched against his battered Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, waiting for the sun to set before he tackles a crossing plagued by delays, corruption and chaos.
Beitbridge is one of Africa’s busiest land border crossings.
Source: iol.co.za