According to the country’s ambassador, Zimbabwe will evacuate its nationals caught up in the anti-foreigner violence that has left six people dead in South Africa.
Isaac Moyo, the country’s ambassador to South Africa stated Harare will Sunday begin the repatriation of about 1,000 Zimbabwean citizens affected by the attacks in the eastern port city of Durban.
He said:“Identification and processing of repatriation documents has already been done”.
It should be noted that there are some 250,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa, making them the biggest community of foreign nationals in the country.
On Friday, over a hundred people marched outside the South African embassy in the Zimbabwean capital, calling for an end to the violence.
They said:“We, the people of Zimbabwe standing in solidarity with our brethren in Africa, strongly condemn and denounce the cruel, senseless and gruesome xenophobic slaughter of foreign nationals and the looting of their properties in South Africa. Why (are they) killing them? They came in peace. One Africa for all Africans and Save our brothers and sisters from xenophobia.”
The violence started in Durban three weeks ago, after the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini was reported last month to have said foreigners should leave the country. He has since claimed he was misinterpreted.
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