MALALANE – South Africa and Mozambique governments have agreed to collaborate in ensuring that there is stability at the Lebombo and Ressano Garcia ports.
This was revealed during a media briefing held today led by Minister of International and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola and Mozambique’s Minister of Interior, Pascoal Ronda.
The joint Inter-Ministerial Meeting was aimed at exchanging views and to put measures in place to mitigate the disruption at two ports of entry, particularly Lebombo and Ressano Garcia.
READ | Lebombo Border operations running smoothly as holiday movements increase
Lamola said while waiting for the Mozambique Constitutional Council to resolve the election dispute, joint efforts would enable both countries to trade, considering the significant negative impact the disruptions have had on the economy. Companies have also suffered losses as a result of the disruption in trade.
WATCH: Lamola and Ronda brief the media
Commitments were made to accelerate actions to address existing infrastructure challenges at our ports of entry and to improve co-operation by establishing a joint technical team between the two countries which will implement the decisions of this meeting.
The meeting was also attended by other ministers, the premier, Mandla Ndlovu, MEC’s and other stakeholders.
