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

MUSINA - It costs as little as R50 to smuggle goods through the porous Beitbridge border.

That's according to one smuggler who told eNCA that he's been plying his trade for about three years.

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The man says smuggling has become a lucrative operation for some of the migrants from Zimbabwe who are trying to support their families back home.

Meanwhile, the Department of Home Affairs says stabilising and securing borders remains a key priority.

* eNCA's Pule Letshwiti-Jones reports.