Lawyers for Human Rights accuse authorities of violating human rights
Informal traders are accusing Border Management Authority officials at Beitbridge Border in Limpopo of beating them and burning their belongings.The Zimbabwean traders acknowledge that they were undocumented at the time.
Lawyers for Human Rights condemned the actions by BMA officers against the hawkers at the Beitbridge border, calling it unlawful and a violation of basic human rights. She has two children who live alone and attend school in Zimbabwe on the days she sells her produce at the border."To be honest I quickly informed them that I had no passport. A female BMA slapped and beat me using her black boots. Several of us were taken to an office at the border. We were all ordered to stand with hands grabbing our heads. They came again beating us then bundled us into a police van to Musina Police station," she said.
She added that it was the responsibility of the traders to"be in the country legally and uphold the laws of the country".
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