Bietbridge

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Bietbridge is the border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was nearing five o’clock in the evening when we approached and the border seemed to be closing soon. The queue of vehicles snaked for at least three kilometers and was completely stopped. Well-dressed men and women, looking as if they’d just left work, walked casually past our car on their way home. The group of men who filled the van in front of us began to climb out, gather their packages, and walk the rest of the way to the border. People and goods were passing through South Africa and into Zimbabwe, and everywhere was the push to get across the border before the sun went down.

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