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Buses full of Malawians leave Durban

Thousands of immigrants are living at a makeshift repatriation camp at Sherwood

Women and children wait for buses in Sherwood, Durban, to take them to Malawi. Photos: Joseph Bracken
About 30 large buses were expected to depart for Malawi from a makeshift repatriation camp in Sherwood, Durban, on Friday, Malawi High Commissioner Stella Ndau told the media on Friday afternoon.
By 2pm, 23 buses had left. Five buses had left already on Thursday.
The Malawian government is repatriating thousands of immigrants, who have been living in the camp.
“Since the government made an appeal for assistance in terms of repatriation of our citizens, we have seen a response from our private sector, who are sponsoring some buses in order to take the citizens back home,” said Ndau.
To date, 1,549 Malawians have…

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