![]() I would find that hard to believe, considering most of these companies are well-established logistics companies. Zimbabwe is actually saying 60% of truck drivers don't have the right documents. The Human Rights Commission has popped up to check that out. There are concerns about a human rights crisis. along a stretch of road with no facilities. Next thing you have, conservatively, a 10 kilometre queue of trucks. They say it has to be cash for the moment and people are just not ready. ![]() They just recently introduced a cash fee anything between $100 and $350 depending on the type of vehicle, to cross into Zimbabwe. You could say it's in the name of progress, but there's a big public-private partnership on the Zimbabwe side with a company called La Frontiere (Rand Merchant Bank is one of the funders), which seems to be a construction company in Cape Town that has a concession of more than 17 years to upgrade the Zimbabwean side of the border. Picture: gives Bruce Whitfield an update on The Money Show. ![]() The Beitbridge border post between South African and Zimbabwe. The border is undergoing a huge upgrade on the Zimbabwean side. The Zimbabwean government established a crisis team to clear traffic as queues of trucks of up to 10 kilometres formed over the past week. The "perpetual crisis" of one sort or another at the Beitbridge border post is an ongoing roadblock to regional trade says Dianna Games, CEO of business consultancy Africa Work.
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