As the above video shows, a major issue for cross-border transporters are delays and congestion at the border posts.
The below table, provided to us by Globaltrack, reveals the average waiting times, in hours, for road transporters for the past week, while comparing them to the week prior.Border | This week | Last Week |
Beitbridge South Africa side | 12 | 14 |
Beitbridge Zimbabwe side | 10 | 12 |
Busia Kenya/Uganda | No data | No data |
Casacatize | 62 | 12 |
Chirundu Zambian side | 12 | 12 |
Chirundu Zimbabwean side | 7 | 11 |
Dedza Malawi side | 1 | 1 |
Dedza Mozambique side | 15 | 11 |
Forbes Mozambican side | 4 | 5 |
Forbes Zimbabwean side | 4 | 4 |
Kapiri Mposhi Weighbridge | 5 | 2 |
Kasumbalesa DRC side | 24 | 25 |
Kasumbalesa Zambian side | 15 | 17 |
Kazungula Botswana side | 23 | 15 |
Kazungula Zambian side | 49 | 46 |
Kopfontein Botswana-South Africa | 17 | 23 |
Lebombo | 39 | 32 |
Martin’s Drift Botswana side | 11 | 15 |
Martin’s Drift South Africa side | 8 | 11 |
Mwanza Malawi side | 16 | 20 |
Mwanza Mozambique side | 2 | 2 |
N4 Parsene Load Control | 2 | 1 |
Nakonde Tunduma Tanzania side | 6 | 88 |
Nakonde Tunduma Zambian side | 33 | 10 |
Nyamapanda Mozambican side | 2 | 3 |
Nyamapanda Zimbabwean side | 6 | 6 |
Skilpadshek Botswana-South Africa | 13 | 22 |
Vic Falls Zambian side | 2 | 6 |
Vic Falls Zimbabwean side | 1 | 5 |
Zambia-Malawi | 1 | 1 |