Holiday Traffic | Security beefed up at Beitbridge border post

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of people are beginning to make their way back to South Africa after the holidays.

The commissioner of the Border Management Authority, Mike Masiapato, is on Wednesday, leading a sting operation at the Beitbridge border post.

This to assist the return of many travellers and curb the illegal movement of goods.

SA’s porous borders | Beitbridge becoming a smuggler's paradise

More than 6 million people were expected to move through South Africa's borders this festive season.

At the beginning of December, the Border Management Authority stopped nearly 44,000 people trying to enter South Africa illegally.

 It arrested over 2,000 for various crimes, and seized stolen vehicles and drugs.