This is the busiest commercial border post between South Africa and Lesotho. It is operational for 24 hours every day with the peak times between 6 and 8 in the morning, and 4 and 6 in the afternoon. That is when many migrant workers from South Africa cross into Lesotho, and when children from Lesotho enter South Africa to attend school in Ladybrand.
Trucks are queing the dirty roads, strewn with rubbish and street hawkers, towards the border post's entrance. But somehow there is order in the process and although slow, there is visible progress.
We entered the parking area to speak to some of the officials and had to make a u-turn in the one-way traffic to get out again. No one bothered and after about 15 minutes we completed the stressful manouvre successful.
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| Trucks queuing at the entrance to Maseru Bridge border post |
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| Signs of a busy ccommercial border post |
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| Maseru bridge over the Caledon river |
