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Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

When a bucket of hot water scalded Susan Chiguvare's feet, her first thought was not the excruciating pain but the fear of seeking medical help in Johannesburg. Like many Zimbabweans living in South Africa, Chiguvare has witnessed the publ…

Published: 3 hrs ago | 33 | by Staff reporter

Targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services: A disturbing trend in Hillbrow

A disturbing trend has emerged in Hillbrow, where police are targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services, arresting them, and demanding bribes ranging from R1500 to R3000. This practice has left many mourners traumatized, especially …

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 762 | by Anonymous

Migrants, army face-off along South Africa-Zimbabwe border

EVERYDAY, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa - sometimes via the official border post but usually by taking the more dangerous informal route.Streams of men, women and children regularly cross the brid…

Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean migrants flee Dudula raids in Soweto

A STREET trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall.For about 30 minutes, the woman, who managed to save some of her sto…

Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe gets IOM backing to engage nationals abroad

Zimbabwe has received support from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to enhance its engagement with nationals living abroad. This initiative is part of the Southern African Migration Management and Streamlining Diaspora En…

Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:10hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter

Anxious Zimbabwean migrants, smugglers watch South Africa's election

A Toyota Hilux with South African plates parks on the roadside in Nkwana village in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South province and honks its horn. An elderly woman makes her way to the car where the driver hands her parcels containing grocerie…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:49hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter

New UK visa rules deter Zimbabwean migrants

Britain could face a further shortage of care workers as migrants who had been ready to move to the UK for jobs in the sector cancel their plans because of new visa rules that prevent them from bringing family.Migrating to the UK for a rol…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe has the most migrants in SA - Census 2022 data

Zimbabwe had the most migrants getting into South Africa, with over one million of its citizens living in the country.This was according to Census 2022 data that was released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday.It said that ab…

Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 10:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Reprieve for Zimbabwean immigrants in SA

A South African High Court has ruled that it was "unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid" for the country's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).In December 2021, Motsoaledi announced th…

Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

SA gives in on migrants

ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back home 180 000 Zimbabwe Exempt Permit (ZEP) …

Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

How migrants who move between Zimbabwe and SA access healthcare in border towns

Zimbabwe and South Africa share a 225km common border. There is only one official border crossing, at Beitbridge. An estimated 15 000 migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe and other countries cross daily either through the official border po…

Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Vinayak Bhardwaj

Operation Dudula repelled by migrants

MIGRANTS based in South Africa drawn from different countries, including Zimbabwe, are reportedly resisting efforts by anti-migrants group Operation Dudula to close Yeoville market, which was founded by foreigners.This was revealed by Zimb…

Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean migrant workers seek Ramaphosa intervention

ZIMBABWEAN migrant workers in South African yesterday said Pretoria should put its promise to protect them from xenophobic attacks into action.Zimbabwe Exiles Forum chairperson Gabriel Shumba told NewsDay Business that they had been unsett…

Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'SA denying migrants healthcare services'

Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has decried the plight of migrants in South Africa, whom it says were being denied healthcare among other necessities.In a recent MSF's Limpopo mobility survey report, it stated that denial of access to healt…

Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Children of illegal migrants face statelessness

THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals.The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of Deprivation of National Identification Documents…

Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

IOM rescues stranded illegal migrants

ABOUT 100 Malawians stranded in Beitbridge were recently rescued by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which facilitated their safe return to their country.Zimbabwe has for years been a transit country for migrants from Mal…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

SA-based Zimbabweans edgy over planned anti-foreigner demo

ZIMBABWEAN migrant workers based in South Africa yesterday expressed fears after South Africans circulated videos of a planned demonstration to force their government to kick out foreigners whom they accuse of dominating the job market.The…

Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean migrants feared dead in SA

South African Police are investigating murder cases after six bodies, all with gunshot wounds and believed to be illegal miners, were found in an open veld next to a railway line in Benoni, Ekurhuleni.There are fears that among the decease…

Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

SA experience large influx of migrants in Africa - Munyeza

Former Africa Sun group of companies Chief Executive Officer Shingi Munyeza has posited that in Africa South Africa ranks highest with the number of Africa migrants flowing into the country."In my last submission I highlighted the disrupti…

Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

Fresh waves of Zimbabwean migrants flee worsening economy

A deepening economic crisis in Zimbabwe is worsening already high levels of unemployment and driving a fresh wave of labour migrations into neighbouring countries, say economists."People are desperate because of the job losses and it is be…

Published: 23 Mar 2014 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by IRIN

Zim artists launch film about life of migrants

JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean and South African artists have released a 90 minute feature film about the lifestyles of migrant workers who abandon their families for greener pastures in Africa's biggest economy.The film will be launched in Joh…

Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Kunene Thabo

Israel to send African migrants to third country

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a plan that has elicited criticism over its potential harm to the migrants.Th…

Published: 05 Jun 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by MAX J. ROSENTHAL | Associated Press

42 Malawian migrants suffocate in truck

Dar es Salaam - Forty-two migrants from Malawi were found dead in a truck in central Tanzania, having perished from asphyxiation, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said on Tuesday."They died of suffocation and had no food," Silima sa…

Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by AFP

In the Diaspora: The Truth and the Lies

Ever wondered what it was REALLY like going to the UK to look for the proverbial pot of gold? A friend of mine called Vusi Moyo gave me this piece which is a no holds barred, blow by blow dose of reality. I sat on this for a good two years…

Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Lenox Mhlanga

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ZESA to replace old prepaid electricity meters

Missing person alert

Bulawayo hit by 2 armed robberies, losses exceed US$30k

Fast-food levy nets US$1 million for Treasury in 6 months

Process to gazette slashed levies begins

Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

Lovers found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Zimbabwe's World Tourism Expo ends on a high note

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Advocate Mpofu takes on State House security guards

Chinese nationals fined only US$150 for cocaine in the Banana republic

Zimbabwe grain import ban affecting SA farmers

7 dead in Masvingo-Beitbridge road crash

No excuses will end Zimbabwe's electricity shortages without accountability, investment, and reform

Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

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Statutory fees remain until laws are amended

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