THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Feb 10 2012 11:45 | LAST UPDATED Feb 10 2012 11:45 |
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Porous border is smugglers' paradiseSean O'Toole and Paul Botes take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system. Making a run for the borderTrying to make sense of the Zimbabwean documentation process, Tanya Pampalone headed for Musina. And that’s where things really got complicated MSF: 300 Zimbabweans seek asylum in SA each dayAs many as 300 Zimbabweans are arriving in South Africa a day to apply for asylum, Médecins Sans Frontières said on Wednesday. SA to consider camps for Zim refugeesThe plight of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa around the border town of Musina has become "desperate", said government spokesperson Themba Maseko. Evicting refugees spreads epidemicHumanitarian organisations assisting Zimbabwean refugees in Musina have warned that their displacement could worsen the spread of cholera. Zim refugees wait for asylum on Jo'burg streetsDozens of Zimbabwean refugees are living on the streets of central Jo'burg following the closure of the refugee processing centre in Musina. Zimbabwe bust brings boom to MusinaThe Popular Cheap Shop, the Musina Cheap Price Shop and the Bargain Centre: the signboards in Musina don't mince words. Or marketing themes. Dozens of new cholera cases in LimpopoSixty-eight new cholera cases have been reported in Limpopo, the Department of Health said on Friday. Desperate Zimbabweans pour into MusinaIn the blazing midday sun, Fungai Lindlela watches as her baby pushes a sticky ball of maize meal into her mouth in a makeshift refugee camp. The long wait for helpThembelihle Tshabalala goes to Musina and listens to Zimbabwean refugees suffering as they wait for asylum. |
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