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500 Malawians stranded in Joburg after repatriation buses lacked permits

Seven buses from Cape Town and Durban dropped passengers at the Malawian consulate in Sandton instead of taking them home

500 Malawians have had to shelter at church and NGOs in Johannesburg as they await repatriation. Photo: Seth Thorne
About 500 Malawians, mostly women and children, were left stranded due to permit issues with the buses meant to repatriate them.
The crisis began when people, who thought they were being repatriated to Malawi on four buses from Cape Town and three from Durban, were taken to Johannesburg instead, because the buses lacked the permits required to cross the border. They were dropped at the Malawian consulate in Sandton on the weekend.
The group has since found temporary shelter at a church, while authorities work to finalise their journey home.
This comes as the Department of Home Affairs is scrambling to…

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