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Beitbridge[1] is a border town in province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It lies just north of the Limpopo River about 1 km from the Alfred Beit Bridge which spans the Limpopo River between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The main roads lead from the border 321 km north-west to Bulawayo and 281 km north-east to Harare via Masvingo. According to the 2002 Population Census, the town had a population of 22,387. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Beit Bridge is a border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status: Bulawayo (city) Harare (city) Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands Categories: | ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Provinces of Zimbabwe ... Districts of Zimbabwe The Provinces of Zimbabwe are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 municipalities. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Provinces of Zimbabwe ... Course and Watershed of the Limpopo River The Limpopo River rises in the interior of Africa, and flows generally eastwards towards the Indian Ocean. ... Beit Bridge is a border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe. ... The City of Bulawayo is highlighted in this map of Zimbabwe. ... Map of Zimbabwe showing the location of Harare. ... Masvingo is the capital of the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. ...

Beitbridge was established when the Alfred Beit Bridge was built in 1929. The bridge was constructed at a cost of $220 000 and financed jointly between the Beit Railways Trust and the South African Railways. Alfred Beit (1853-16 July 1906) was a South African diamond magnate. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Among Transnets railway service divisions are: Metrorail, which operates urban commmuter train services; Protekon, a transport infrastructure design company; Transwerk, which provides railway engineering services; and Spoornet. ...

Background Information

Beitbridge has an estimated 2,570 houses in formal settlements (primarily for government officials and mid-level private sector staff) and 3,000 in informal settlements. Formal-settlement dwellings are mainly two- to three-room brick houses, while those in the informal settlements are among the worst mud houses in Zimbabwe. Average house occupancy in the low-income and informal settlements varies considerably, as many people do not bring their families to Beitbridge, but includes at least four people. Recreational facilities are limited in low-income areas, consisting largely of bars and soccer pitches.

The major sources of local employment -- freight, retail, construction, customs and the police -- employ about 1,200 people. Informal sector activities -- primarily vending and sex work -- are as large as those in the formal sector, employing about 1,400. Outside Beitbridge town, farming is a major employer. A diamond mine recently closed, increasing unemployment and poverty. Most women rely on vending, sex work and cross-border trading for income.[2]

Immigration

The Town is a the junction of some 3,000 - 10,000 zimbabweans moving over the border to South Africa. Some 1-3 million zimbabweans people already live in south africa, mainly because of the catastrophic situation with the economy as inflation reaches 7,900% - this was mainly due to the eviction of white farmers in zimbabawe without compensation. Almost all of the white zimbabwean community has left the country.

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