adminBeitbridge Border Post congested
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
CONGESTION, which had eased at the Beitbridge Border Post in the last few days, returned yesterday as Zimbabweans based in South Africa started trooping back.
Long and winding queues were the order of the day at the border post for both human and vehicular traffic.
Vehicles formed double queues that stretched for over two kilometres from the clearing offices, while people jostled to have their passports stamped.
The slow movement of traffic was blamed on the introduction of exit forms on Sunday morning that are supposed to be filled in by travellers leaving the country.
Some of the travellers said the forms, which are meant to establish the exact number of people leaving the country, are not user friendly.
Many people could be seen struggling to fill in the forms, while others were reluctant to comply with the new arrangement which they viewed as time consuming.
For visitors leaving the country, the forms demand that they state the approximate amount of money they used while in Zimbabwe.
They have to state how much they spent on accommodation, food, entertainment, fares, petrol and all other purchases of a business nature.
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