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South Africa·Migration·Human Rights

Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild after fleeing xenophobia in South Africa

Sunday, 4 October 2026, 06:11 · 1 min read

More than 116,000 Zimbabweans have returned home from South Africa since anti-immigrant groups set a June 30 deadline for undocumented migrants to leave, according to Zimbabwe's information minister, though Pretoria said the date was not government policy and warned against intimidation. Returnees such as Samantha Chimbuya face a country with few jobs and limited state support, and churches and activists say the government's planned reintegration centres, skills screening and training must be backed by longer-term help like small grants and farm inputs. Some, like carpenter Sidney Bunya, have used skills and savings from South Africa to start businesses, but many others say a lack of funding is leaving them struggling.

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Al Jazeera English — Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild after fleeing xenophobia in South Africa ↗︎
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