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South Africans lose income as immigrants flee

“I keep asking myself, ‘Where is Ubuntu?’” says landlord

Hundreds of immigrants have been gathering outside a pop-up repatriation centre in Durban, seeking to leave South Africa before the looming 30 June “deadline” set by March and March. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko.
Charity Sithole rented out five rooms to immigrants in Mayville, outside Durban, for R700 each, earning her R3,500 a month. Some tenants had lived there for years. Three have now left, fearing for their safety, and the remaining tenants also plan to leave.
“If the foreign nationals went home, I wouldn’t be happy at all because they are paying rent. I am not working, so I am relying on the money,” said Sithole.
“I keep asking myself, ‘Where is Ubuntu?’, the way foreigners are being chased out of…

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