Drones deployed to tighten border security

JOHANNESBURG - The Border Management Authority is taking to the skies.

It has deployed drones at five major ports of entry to keep a sharp digital eye on vulnerable borderlines.

Borrowed from the Department of Agriculture, these high-tech helpers are being hailed as game-changers for surveilling our porous borders.

With cross-border traffic from Zimbabwe expected to peak at the Beitbridge Border Post on Sunday, it’s all hands - and wings - on deck.

Our reporter Moloko Moloto is checking out these flying spies in action and following the BMA as it patrols hotspots fro illegal immigration.