spare wheel » smuggle meat

A story from

These women tries to smuggle meat in their car. They put the South African meat (in the blue plastic bag) where the spare wheel use to be and hope not to get inspected at the border to Mozambique. They take a great risk in order to avoid complicated bureaucracy and having to pay bribes.

Photograph and story by Telma Monjonte, cross border trader in Maputo, Mozambique

Experience of this border

Location of border

Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique