Overview
- The BMA says more than 30,000 travellers were processed in 24 hours on Christmas Eve, with roughly 350,000 moving through Lebombo since 10 December.
- South African and Mozambican nationals are being stamped manually to reduce queues, while other nationalities continue through the electronic system.
- Authorities plan to upload manual entries for SAPS and Interpol screening later, with follow-up checks expected during early January returns.
- Travellers reported bribery for priority processing; the BMA denies systemic corruption and says officers are monitored via bodycams and other oversight tools.
- Over 50 people were arrested for irregular crossings near the border, and cargo flows continued on the Kilometre 7 bypass as hundreds of trucks were processed.