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- Complaint number
- NTB-001-238
- NTB Type
- 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation
- Complaint
- Our delivery truck (ADS 3378, AFQ 8744, AFQ 8746) destined for South Africa was detained at Beitbridge border post last night by South Africa Port Health authorities due to concerns regarding a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and the potential risk of contamination in the water.
- Status note
- The Public Health concern has since been uplifted and a number of consignments of purified water have been allowed to enter the South African market.
- Progress update note
- on 02 February SADC Secretariat facilitated a bilateral meeting between South Africa and Zimbabwe . The South African authorities indicated sometime around February 2025 there was a public health concern declared due to Cholera outbreak in certain parts of Zimbabwe that led to the consignment being denied entry into South Africa. The reasons were communicated to the clearing Agent on behalf of the exporter. The Public Health concern has since been uplifted and a number of consignments of purified water have been allowed to enter the South African market.
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- South Africa: Beit Bridge (Border post)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Zimbabwe
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2025-02-16
- Status
- Resolved
- Date of resolution
- 2026-02-02
- Product Description
-
Hydroboost purified water 12 x 500ml
- Total value
- R346.00
- Date reported
- 2025-02-17 09:45
- Modified
- 2026-02-11 21:34
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