South Africa: Border? What Border? This Is What South Africa’s Frontier With Zimbabwe Looks Like

Trucks, elephants, donkeys and humans cross the Limpopo River freely

Whatever you want to buy, there’s a good chance you’ll find it in Musina, Limpopo. The town centre is abuzz from early in the morning with travellers, traders and smugglers. The myriad shops selling electronics, clothes, furniture, washing machines, fridges, toys, toiletries, cigarettes, and alcohol are doing a roaring trade.

Much of it is going across the Beitbridge border, 10km away on a good road, the last stretch of the N1….