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More than 50,000 immigrants have fled SA

38,000 people have quit the country via Musina since the wave of xenophobia started

Nyaradzai, from Bulawayo, cradles her child as she waits at the temporary repatriation centre in Musina for a bus home. Photos: Bernard Chiguvare.

More than 50,000 immigrants have fled South Africa since the wave of xenophobia started last month, according to the Border Management Authority.
Most have gone through the temporary repatriation centre set up near Musina.
Most of those who have fled have had to abandon their possessions, often accumulated over years.

“I have a sore throat and my baby is also not well,” said Nyaradzai, a Zimbabwean from Chipinge, sitting outside a tent at the new temporary repatriation centre outside Musina in Limpopo.
“There is dust everywhere and we are sleeping on foam mattresses inside tents. I am…

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  1. Padkos – food for the journey [putt-koss] Food that you will pack and take on the road – some sandwiches, drinks, chips, fruit and biltong and you have your padkos!