
LEBOMBO – If you have proof that you have at least R3 000 in your bank account, own a credit card or have the same amount in cash, you may enter South Africa from Mozambique.
This was the reality commuters faced when they reached the border post this week and it caused absolute chaos.
South African border officials and authorities suddenly implemented the so-called financial stability legislation.
Home Affairs spokesman Mr Mayihlome Tshwete stated that the law requiring all travellers from other countries to prove that they had enough funds to cover their visit to South Africa, was not a new law but an old one being enforced.
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