. Many are unable to visit their families back home, while others cannot resolve their documentation issues that would allow them to stay legally in the country.
The Border Management Authority has temporarily closed the border in response to ongoing protests in Mozambique linked to recent election results. The unrests have now moved to the border area. Some Mozambican nationals are pleading to be allowed to cross the border.Lebombo Border Post remains closed for travelers and goods. Some border officials from Mozambique fled to South Africa last night.“It’s now bad because they are no longer stamping passports. Even us who have already stamped our passports we are unable to cross. We are asking to be allowed to cross and go home because even our passports say we should be that side.”.
Another national says; “I am here to only renew my permit but they are saying we won’t be able to renew because there’s still a meeting between the Mozambican and South African authorities. That’s the only time they will tell us if we can pass or not. We are waiting for them.” Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.