The Border Management Authority (BMA) have arrested at least 25 undocumented foreign nationals. Picture: BMA. The Border Management Authority (BMA) have arrested at least 25 undocumented foreign nationals who were attempting to cross illegally into South Africa.
This brings the total to 571 illegal immigrants intercepted in the past few days. The BMA is currently overseeing operations at the Beitbridge Port of Entryand has ensured that additional resources and operational support have been deployed across other ports of entry nationwide. It said the Beitbridge border post, which links Zimbabwe, continues to lead in high volumes at land borders.
BMA Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Communications Mmemme Mogotsi said the undocumented foreign nationals were intercepted on Monday, 5 January 2026. Mogotsi said the BMA is averaging around 25,000 people on a daily basis, which we are processing as they come through into the country. “So, since this morning on the 5th January in 2026, we have been able to intercept around 25 individuals who were attempting to enter the country illegally.
Read Full Article on The Citizen
[paywall]
“We’re able to see them as they were crossing the Limpopo River, being assisted by some facilitators through a boat, and they entered into a no man’s land, and immediately they entered into the South African soil, we were able to bust on them, and we effectively got them arrested,” Mogotsi said. Mogotsi did not say where the foreign nationals were coming from. She said the undocumented foreign nationals were intercepted by members of the BMA, border guard, together with members of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF).
[/paywall]
