Mozambique, South Africa agree on 24-hour border opening

Mozambique has come to an agreement with South Africa that the main border post between them, at Ressano Garcia, should remain open for 24 hours a day, Mozambican media reported on Saturday.

The two sides agreed to set up a joint team that will make the preparations for putting this decision into effect.

The same group would also work on publicizing the April agreement to waive visa requirements for visits of up to 30 days.

Information posters on the visa waiver agreement would be produced, and put at strategic points on either side of the border, in several languages.

The two sides also agreed that the immigration authorities of the two countries should meet more regularly.

In the near future, the two sides will meet again to discuss the construction of a new border post at Ponta do Ouro, the southernmost Mozambican tourist resort, on the border with the South African province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The two sides would also discuss the inauguration of the Giryonde frontier post, inside the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which should take place in the second half of this year.

Source: Xinhua