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On the eve of the end of the year celebrations, the Ministry of the Interior is preparing for the influx and influx of travelers. Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan said the department was ready to cope with the increase in volumes.
"This increase in cross-border movements of people and goods is due to the influx and departure of travelers of different categories: tourists, border workers, businesses, universities and educational activities," she said at the time. a press conference Wednesday.
"The movements we facilitate to get in and out of South Africa tend to peak during the holiday season, school holidays and the Easter period."
The team is also setting up overflow areas to treat travelers to Maseru Bridge, Lebombo and Beitbridge to meet expected volumes.
A team of IT support staff is expected to remain at the high-volume entry points from December 5 to January 9 to provide on-site support.
Opening hours should be extended for busy entry points, covering pre-holiday movements, the holiday season and the reopening of schools.
The Department of the Interior is also expected to deploy an additional 425 people in the most active ports.
"We urge all travelers to and from South Africa to ensure that all their travel documents are used in a manner that avoids unnecessary delays at ports, including pbadports, visas, health certificates, specified goods permits, plants and animals, vehicle insurance and authorized bank cross-border documents for vehicles. "
Chohan urged people to drive safely and wished everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season. During the previous holiday season, 8,468,262 movements were captured across Africa's borders. South, including arrivals and departures of citizens and foreigners. Of these, 2,304,449 were movements of South African citizens and 6,163,813 were movements of foreigners.
Most arrivals from the SADC region came from Lesotho – specifically 758,519, followed by 712,688 from Zimbabwe, 398,684 from Mozambique, 306,682 from Swaziland and 256,793 from Botswana.
During the same period, the top 10 ports for all movements were OR Tambo International Airport with 1,569,100 movements, Beit Bridge with 1,215,845, Lebombo with 936,415, Ficksburg with 701,588, Maseru Bridge with 699,186, Cape Town International Airport with 555,451, Oshoek with 384,076, Kopfontein with 236,561, Ramathlabama with 176,348 and Grobler's Bridge with 165,903.
Source: News24
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