Urgent Response: Home Affairs to Double Staff for Displaced Malawians in Durban

Urgent response: Home Affairs to double staff for displaced Malawians in Durban

Displaced Malawians sheltering in a field in Durban top 5 000

The number of Malawians sheltering in a field in Durban after xenophobic attacks swept parts of South Africa reached 5 000.

Back home, yet lost

By Madalo Haji, psychosocial counselor: As Malawi welcomes home citizens displaced by xenophobic violence in South Africa, there is a painful reality that many of us are overlooking: for some retur…

55 buses to ferry Malawians

Malawi Government has hired 55 buses to repatriate thousands of Malawians stranded in some parts of South Africa after fleeing from a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals in that country. Chief Secretary to the Government Justin Saidi said in an interview yesterday that authorities are working to ensure that every Malawian wishing to return home is safely repatriated. “These buses come from Malawi and it is easier for us …