Concrete barriers are being built along a stretch of the South Africa-Mozambique border to prevent people crossing over to steal and smuggle vehicles.
South African authorities have budgeted close to $2.7m (£2.1m) to build the wall. It’s made up of three sections: an 8km (5 mile) barrier near Tembe Elephant Park; an 8km-long stretch near iSimangaliso Wetland Park; a 9km wall from the western boundary of Tembe Elephant Park towards Pongolo River.
Building works on the Tembe Elephant Park section “are currently underway,” according to a joint briefing by the South African government and KwaZulu-Natal province.
“The impact of the project has been positively received by the community and the South African National Defense Force,” it added.