Musina, South Africa, July 24, 2026 (AFP) - 'A moving target': South Africa's endless border battle

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2026-07-24

Perched on weathered wooden rafts, small groups of people hauled themselves and their bundles of cargo hand over hand along a rope strung across the crocodile-infested Limpopo River. Minutes later, they were in South Africa, having bypassed the border post at Beitbridge, a short distance away. By the time patrol officers spotted them, the clandestine migrants had disappeared into the thorn scrub. The short crossing is one of countless illegal pas......

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