MUSINA – Perched on weathered wooden rafts, small groups of people hauled themselves and their bundles of cargo hand over hand along a rope strung across the crocodile-infested Limpopo River.
Minutes later, they were in South Africa, having bypassed the border post at Beitbridge, a short distance away.
By the time patrol officers spotted them, the clandestine migrants had disappeared into the thorn scrub.
The short crossing is one of countless illegal passages along South Africa’s porous border with Zimbabwe, where migrants and smugglers routinely slip through efforts to seal the busy frontier.
At the official border post, streams of people moved in the opposite direction, heading across…
BRICS Member: South Africa is a member of the BRICS group, which includes
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, promoting economic cooperation among emerging economies.
Crash Override
Aikona – not on your life [eye-koh-na] or [hi-koh-na] A Zulu term used to express shock or disbelief when talking to friends or family.Example: “Aikona, why did she do that?!” / “Haikona, when?! How?!”
Eerie
I thought I wanted a job, turns out I really just wanted a paycheck