Why SA battles to curb crime on Lesotho border

Livestock thieves, illegal immigrants simply walk over.

THERE is no fence separating Lesotho from South Africa. Only a 100m “buffer zone” between the South African border post, known as Qacha’s Nek, and that country’s toll gate are secured, although the official border straddles more than 300km of mountain range.

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