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Zimbabwe South Africa

Smugglers open taxi rank near SA border

Jul 15, 2020 17,199

Smuggling is rising along the Limpopo River despite increased patrols by security forces on both sides to curb illegal crossings.
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Opinion

Mel Frykberg: Why won’t South Africa walk the talk on Zimbabwe?

Apr 23, 2019 19,750

By Mel Frykberg And despite Pretoria’s support for the lifting of sanctions it will not help Zimbabwe with an economic bail-out even though further destabilisation on its northern borders will lead to a fresh influx of economic refugees…
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South Africa turned down Zimbabwe request for $1.2 billion loan in December

Jan 21, 2019 39,761

South Africa turned down a request from its southern African neighbour Zimbabwe for a $1.2 billion loan in December, a spokesman for the finance ministry said on Monday.
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Opinion

SA won’t follow Zimbabwe’s path

Dec 28, 2013 191

Having spent much time in Zimbabwe, a question I am sometimes asked is whether I think South Africa is going the same way as that country, that is “the Mugabe/Zanu-PF” route.
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