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Hundreds of Zimbabweans camp outside consulate in Cape Town

They want the Zimbabwean government to help them get home safely

Women and children wait with their belongings outside the Zimbabwean consulate in Cape Town in the hope of getting a bus back home. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks
Hundreds of Zimbabwean nationals are sleeping outside the Zimbabwean consulate in Cape Town pleading for the government to help them get back home.
On Thursday, piles of large suitcases and bags wrapped in plastic were strewn on the pavements around the office. People were huddled in groups with blankets and jackets to keep warm. On Wednesday night, the group, including women and children, slept outside.
“I want to go to Zimbabwe because of xenophobia,” says Marian Gwanyira who came from Dunoon. Holding her six-month-old baby, she says that she was threatened by her neighbours…

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