Oshoek border extends opening hours

Oshoek border post, the principal artery for traffic between Gauteng, parts of Mpumalanga and Swaziland, will extend its operating hours to midnight starting April 1. The border post currently closes at 22:00. The post’s 07:00. opening time has not been changed. The extended operating hours are permanent, according to Swazi customs officials, and anticipate a time when the border post will be opened on a 24/7 basis. “This is a good development, and while I don’t speak in an official capacity I know that everyone in the road freight industry welcomes it. Road freight from South Africa is Swaziland’s lifeline. Everything here comes from South Africa by road and much of it through Ngwenya (Swaziland’s name for the post),” the manager of one road freight firm based at the Matsapha Industrial Estate outside Manzini told FTW.