Zimbabwe begins evacuation of its citizens from South Africa
Zimbabwe's High Commissioner to South
Africa, Isaac Moyo says the Zimbabwean
government has concluded plans to begin
the evacuation of about 1,000
Zimbabweans resident in South Africa
following the recent xenophobic attacks in
the country.
"Identification and processing of
repatriation documents has already been
done. It is very sad. Most people do not
have any documentation. They don't have
any clothes apart from what they are
wearing. Many of them left all their
clothes and property behind. We are
documenting people. This process means
that we are giving them some sort of
documentation to use upon returning to
Zimbabwe. We are organising some buses
to take them from Durban to Beit Bridge
(the border between South Africa and
Zimbabwe). Then they will be taken from
Beit Bridge to their home provinces. We
would want (the departure) to be as soon
as possible. People are currently living in
the most difficult conditions" he told the
state-owned Chronicle newspaper today.
