{"id":31551,"date":"2020-12-23T20:51:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=31551"},"modified":"2020-12-23T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:51:27","slug":"zimbabwe-to-review-10-pm-closure-of-beitbridge-border-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-to-review-10-pm-closure-of-beitbridge-border-post","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe To Review 10 PM Closure Of Beitbridge Border Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwean government has hinted at keeping the border with South Africa open for 24 hours a day after humongous queues formed at the Beitbridge Border Post in the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana posted on Twitter that the government was making efforts to find a solution that works for both the Zimbabwean and South African side of the border. Said Mangwana:<\/p>\n<p>We have been made aware of the situation at Beitbridge Border Post. Whilst the bottleneck is not on the Zimbabwean side, efforts are in motion to arrive at a solution that works for both sides of the border, that includes a possible review of the 2200 hours closure of the Border.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The delay is on the South African side where only one window is open.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers are now spending up to three days at the border, COVID-19 screening cited as the major cause for the delays in the movement of both vehicular and human traffic.<\/p>\n<p>On the South African side, queues have extended up to 15km from the border as thousands of Zimbabwean migrant workers return home for the holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean government has hinted at keeping the border with South Africa open for 24 hours a day after humongous queues formed at the Beitbridge Border Post in the past few days. 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